Andhra Pradesh: Surveys see vote pattern different for Lok Sabha, state polls

Hyderabad: Surveys being conducted by individual leaders of the Congress, YSR Congress and the Telugu Desam Party seem to suggest that the electorate is in favour of the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections but will vote for the Telangana Rashtra Samiti or the Congress in Telangana, and the TDP or the YSR Congress in Seemandhra.

Going by these findings, TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao appealed to Telangana voters not to support the BJP at the Centre.

“I hear some reports that voters this time want to vote for the TRS in the Assembly elections and vote for Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha polls. Please don’t do that. If you vote for the TRS in the Lok Sabha polls, we will get a good number of seats and I will be able to bring pressure on the Central government to concede new projects to Telangana. Please vote for the TRS in both the elections,” Mr Chandrasekhar Rao said at an election-related meeting in Telangana Bhavan on Wednesday.

Medchal Congress MLA Kitchennagari Laxma Reddy was surprised that the electorate in his constituency preferred Mr Modi. The Medchal Assembly segment is just 40 km from the state capital, which is part of Malkajagiri Lok Sabha constituency.