As an eight-year-old girl, Akula Yesha shot to limelight three years back when she skated from Tirupati to Amaravati for the capital’s foundation stone-laying ceremony, covering over 400 km, and gifted her savings to the State government for construction of the capital. On Monday, the girl skated 15 km covering the main thoroughfares of Tirupati Assembly Constituency, this time canvassing for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Her father,

Akula Satish Kumar, is the constituency-level convener for the party. The skating started at Poorna Kumbham Circle and ended at the huge national flag installed at the railway station, covering Sankarambadi Sundarachari statue, Annamayya statue, Sri Krishna Devaraya statue, C. Anna Rao and Mahatma Gandhi circle.