Sharmila By Election Campaign at Gesukonda Parakala

In sharp contrast is Vijayalakshmi, YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s mother. As she tours the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema constituencies that go to polls on June 12, the consensus on the street is unanimous. Vijayamma, as a public speaker, is inarticulate and almost inaudible, and therefore unable to stir the neutral voter to feel sympathetic for what her son is going through.