For once, electioneering in Jammalamadugu is peaceful, but many people are not happy about it.
Much blood has been spilt on the dry soil of Jammalamadugu. Country-made bombs and firearms were put to use almost every day to settle scores. Some 100 people have lost lives in the longstanding feud between the families of two political leaders, Adinarayana Reddy and Ramasubba Reddy, as they fought for supremacy in the region.
Things, however, took a different turn a while ago. In the last assembly election, Adinarayana, a chemistry teacher, was with the YSR Congress Party and Ramasubba, an engineer, with the Telugu Desam Party. Adinarayana comfortably beat Ramasubba. Then, TDP supremo N.
Chandrababu Naidu convinced them to bury the hatchet, and Adinarayana crossed over from YSRCP to TDP and even became a minister. This time, Naidu gave him the Kadapa parliament ticket and Ramasubba the Jammalamadugu assembly ticket.
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