Why did Mr Jagan think that the man he saw was the culprit?
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Explanation:
On April 11, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) which had expected to win for the second consecutive term in a row, got a rude shock.
Key rival YSR Congress, under Jaganmohan Reddy, swept to power with 151 out of 175 seats in the state.
The TDP won a mere 23 seats, despite just a 10% swing in vote share between the two parties.
Former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu won his Kuppam seat. But his son, Nara Lokesh lost his very first election in Mangalagiri to YSRC.
And then began, in Andhra, a series of drastic changes - reversals of decisions taken by the TDP government, stoppage of large projects, attacks on journalists and what seems more and more like the beginnings of an oppressive regime.
The Lede met with Nara Lokesh in Guntur, at the local TDP party office for a detailed discussion on what actually is going on in Andhra politics.
The first part of this mildly edited interview focuses on TDP versus YSRC.