Pawan Kalyan assesses JSP poll prospects

IANS  |  Amaravati 

(JSP) chief and on Sunday held a meeting with the party leaders to review the party's prospects in Assembly and Lok Sabha elections held last month.

He gathered feedback from the candidates about the polling trend, the public response to the party's campaign and the prospects in their respective constituencies.

The asked the party candidates and leaders to be vigilant during the counting of votes on May 23. He directed them to keep a close watch on the entire counting process and also on counting of VVPAT slips.

Pawan also urged the party leaders to continue working for strengthening the organisation, irrespective of the poll results.

Party said the party would focus on strengthening the organisation in all the villages for the local body elections. He asked the party functionaries to focus on the village level issues.

Elections to 175-member state Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies were held in the first phase on April 11.

The contested 140 Assembly seats, leaving 35 for its allies -- (21), (7) and the (7).

The fielded candidates in 18 Lok Sabha constituencies while BSP contested three seats and CPI and the CPI-M two seats each.

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First Published: Sun, May 12 2019. 16:30 IST