‘Atma Gauravam Yaathra’- do or die?
The proposed Telugu Atma Gouravam Yaathra (Self respect yaathra) is being hedged upon by Chandrababu Naidu as the last and final bet before the party data-faces general elections in 2014. It has to be remembered that TDP won an election way back in 1999. It had missed the boat by a slender margin in 2009.
2014 is a do or die year for Telugu Desam and at a time when the recent Panchayat polls had given the party the much needed oxygen the Congress leadership dropped the bifurcation bomb on the sate and yes, TDP too. While TRS-Congress-MIM combine are set to take Telangana YSRCP is again on an upward swing in Seemandhra thanks to the party’s U turn on Telangana.
As a statewide regional party with considerable cadre, it is only TDP which needs to data-face an uphill task all over the state and in this regard Babu hopes to do a final consolidation of votes with his proposed yaathra. It will be interesting to watch whether Naidu will give a final push to his party or script the final downfall!