The latest of the Times Now-ETG monthly survey has predicted a sweep by the YSR Congress Party of YS Jaganmohan Reddy in Andhra Pradesh. The survey, which has been consistently projecting huge gains for YSRCP in all its previous surveys, reveals that the ruling party would be able to win 21-22 out of a total of 25 Lok Sabha seats, if the elections are held today in the State.

As per its findings, the TDP-BJP-Janasena combine will end up with a disappointing 3-4 seats. Within the alliance grouping, the BJP will score a blank while the TDP and Janasena will have to be content with 3-4 seats. The Times Now-ETG survey vindicated the prevailing positive wave for the YSRCP and Chief Minister YS Jagan. The YSRCP chief’s popularity graph has been soaring higher particularly since the beginning of his 21-day-long ‘Memantha Siddham’ bus tour across the state.

The opposition parties, along with the yellow media bandwagon, kept mocking him as ‘paradaala veerudu’ (a champion who lives behind the curtains). But, the overwhelming public response and spontaneous show of love and affection to YS Jagan throughout his tour is sending shivers down the spine for the Chandrababu Naidu-led alliance. The organic nature of the public outpouring on to the streets shattered all the contrived notions and perceptions while establishing the fact that YS Jagan’s ‘mass-connect’ is still intact and is only growing from strength to strength.

The YSRCP – if the latest survey predictions for the Lok Sabha seats in AP are translated into legislative gains – should hypothetically be able to win anywhere between 145 and 154 Assembly seats.