The fate of the candidates of all the political parties which contested the recent assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh held on April 11 is now sealed in the Electronic Voting Machines.
The people have given their verdict, but suspense remains till May 23 as to what the verdict is.
The candidates are going through tense moments, as political analysts are making their own calculations as to who would win and who would lose. And punters have made heavy betting on the prospective winners and losers.
Particularly, the fate of cabinet colleagues of Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has become the hot topic of political debates and a big point for betting activity.
According to a section of punters, almost all the cabinet colleagues of Naidu are going to lose –Ganta Srinivasa Rao in Visakhapatnam, Yanamala Ramakrishnu from Tuni, N Chinna Rajappa in Peddapuram, K E Krishna Murthy in Pattikonda, Kala Venkat Rao in Etcherla, K Atchen Naidu in Tekkali, Ch Ayyanna Patrudu in Narsipatnam, K S Jawahar in Kovvur, Pithani Satyanarayana in Achanta, Kollu Ravindra in Machilipatnam, Nakka Ananda Babu in Vemuru, P Narayana in Nellore, Bhuma Akhila Priya in Allagadda, Kalva Srinivasulu in Rayadurgam, N Amarnath Reddy in Palamaneru and Kidari Sravan in Araku.
The only ministers who are likely to win the elections are: Nara Lokesh in Mangalagiri, Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy in Sarvepalli, Devineni Umamaheshwar Rao in Mylavaram and Sujaya Krishna Ranga Rao in Bobbili. Of course, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu will win his seat in Kuppam.
Another section of punters say the chances of Lokesh and Sujaya Krishna Ranga Rao winning their seats are also bleak.
Other ministers Ch Adinarayana Reddy from Jammalamadugu, P Ashok Gajapathi Raju from Vizianagaram and Sidda Raghava Rao escaped defeat in the assembly elections as they contested the Lok Sabha elections.
However, except Ashok in Vizianagaram, Adinarayana Reddy and Siddha Raghava Rao are sure losers in their respective Lok Sabha constituencies – Kadapa and Ongole respectively.
