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Off stumps, no balls and yorkers in electioneering
The stupendous success of Indian cricket team in Pakistan appears to have cast its spell in electioneering in Andhra Pradesh.
The stupendous success of Indian cricket team in Pakistan appears to have cast its spell in electioneering in Andhra Pradesh with aspirants trying to woo the voters -youth in particular- with cricket kits.
Trying a `new line', netas are charting unusual `lengths' to play a different ball game by distributing cricket kits to `in swing' voter's support in their favour, while the politcal rivals were crying `no ball' by tipping off police and media.
Cricket kit bags with party symbols and candidates' names have been seized at various places in the state giving a new dimension to the art of luring voters.
Tirupati Lok Sabha candidate Chinta Mohan was trapped plumb before the wicket when police, tipped by BJP workers, seized kit bags yesterday with the party symbol, contestant's photo and an appeal to elect him.
BJP alleged that Congress candidate was distributing school bags and cricket kit bags to woo the voters.
The pitch was equally bouncy in Nalgonda district, where police sized truck loads of cricket kits belonging to TDP candidate for Tungaturthi assembly seat, S Vekateswara Rao.
