Chandrababu-Naidu-Not-Keen-on-Playing-in-to-the-Hands-of-Congress2018 is Over and we are right at the entry point of 2019 which is going to be the Election year for Andhra Pradesh. 2018 has been eventful for Andhra Pradesh and TDP in particular after the Cycle Party walked out of the NDA Government. Later with Pawan Kalyan’s Revolt and KCR’s Threatening, Here we look into Chandrababu Naidu’s Performance in crucial parameters ahead of the Elections year.

Investments:

Despite having no Special Status and non-co-operative Central Government, Andhra Pradesh Government is doing tremendously well in this segment. Big Investments continue to trickle down while previous investments like Kia Motors are being grounded. Very recently, TCL initiated the construction of it’s largest manufacturing base outside China in Tirupati. The State also finalized the deal with Indonesia based Asia Paper and Pulp which has come forward to invest a whopping Eight Billion Dollars at Ramayapatnam. Several other industries are also coming up and the good news is that most of them are in the backward Rayalaseema Region.

Social Welfare:

The Pensions Scheme of Andhra Pradesh Government is one of the efficient welfare schemes in the entire country and will be one biggest vote fetcher for TDP. Naidu has unleashed his marquee scheme Anna Canteens this year and the scheme has resulted in extreme satisfaction from the beneficiaries. The Government till now spent a whopping 1,01,213 crore towards the welfare of SC, ST, BC, minorities and differently-abled. A special scheme was rolled out to help BC Artisans and unorganized sector with their advanced tools at subsidized rates.

Farmers:

Chandrababu Naidu has focused on the Farming Segment like never before in the past this time. Naidu has focused on completing some important irrigation project particularly those benefiting the farmers in Rayalaseema. Pattiseema has stabilized the farming in Krishna Delta while smaller Projects are being completed in war-footing. There are no complaints from farmers in terms of water and power availability this time. Naidu is also keen on completing the debt redemption scheme final two installments before the elections.

Politics:

This is probably Naidu’s biggest losing parameter in 2018. Pawan Kalyan turning against the Government may be termed as a huge disappointment but Naidu will hope it will divide the anti-government vote and will help him like how it helped YSR in 2009 elections. Telangana Election loss may be a massive embarrassment. Naidu worked as if he is certain of Mahakutami victory but at the end, things turned topsy-turvy. KCR is now baying for Naidu’s Blood. Naidu scores low in this segment which is vital for Public Perception.

We would call 2018, the Year That Has Mixed Results for Naidu because the TDP has failed miserably to market the Good work by the Government and at the same time, Naidu is on a downslide in Public Perception with Pawan Kalyan’s Revolt and Telangana Loss. In Politics, Perception matters the most for any political party especially with elections coming closer.