In order to touch base with the voters during the assembly election, YSR embarked on a jaitra yatra -- a 1,600-km padayatra -- in the intense heat of the Andhra summer. He used the opportunity to listen to the grievances of the people, especially the farmers, and blast Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for making 'false promises.'

The response from the electorate was tremendous; it gave the Congress a new lease of life even as it showed the TDP the door.

YSR speaks at a public meeting in Karnavarapukota.

Also see: In the Heart of Saurashtra