HYDERABAD: With the Huzurabad campaign drawing to an end on Wednesday, a senior team led by BJP state chief Bandi Sanjay has set up camp in the constituency.
The party is focusing on better voter turnout in order to improve its chances in the high-pitch poll battle.
With a majority of the campaign responsibilities falling on his shoulders — and the election being a matter of prestige for the BJP and candidate Eatala Rajender — Sanjay has been the party’s key campaigner aside from Rajender himself.
“The campaign has heated up in the last 15 days, with Sanjay hitting out at the ruling TRS and finance minister T Harish Rao,’ said a source on the ground. “The BJP believes that voting percentage above 75% will boost the party’s chances. For every 50 votes in the constituency, one local activist has been made in charge. Their primary role is to get voters to polling booths. Sanjay’s team will be working on this till the election,” a source close to the situation said.
A party leader expressed confidence of victory.
“Though we have never won this seat, we are sure of winning because of the strong anti-establishment sentiment among people,” the leader said.
Sanjay and his team took a stand to enhance voter turnout after the recent MLC election in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Mahbubnagar graduates constituency was lost to the TRS due to low voter turnout in Mahbubnagar constituency.
According to insiders, for Sanjay, as the Karimnagar MP, the election is important as it will serve as a springboard for the upcoming assembly elections.
