Early onset of Southwest monsoon poses litmus test for TDP's maiden Mahanadu at Kadapa
TIRUPATI: While the stage was set for the grand conduct of the TDP's maiden Mahanadu at Kadapa from Tuesday, the early onset of the Southwest monsoon in the Rayalaseema region of the state on Monday posed a litmus test for the ruling party's annual conclave.
Following the Indian Meteorological Department's announcement of the Southwest monsoon setting in the state on Monday, Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu expressed great joy over the advanced arrival of the Southwest monsoon in the state in May.
'I wish the predictions of the meteorological department about abundant rainfall in the state over the next few days come true, allowing the state and the farmers to prosper,' Naidu posted on his X handle on Monday.
Back in Kadapa, where the arrangements for the TDP's annual conclave were in full swing, tension gripped the committee members and organisers following a short spell of rain reported near the venue at Pabbapuram village on the outskirts of Kadapa. Rains coinciding with the Mahanadu dates could prove to be a dampener.
State irrigation minister Nimmala Rama Naidu sported a shovel and got into the act with other party workers to level the ground near the venue, which was dampened due to the sudden cloudburst on Monday.
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While German sheds have been erected, covering most parts of the venue and providing comfortable shelter despite isolated rainfall during the first two days of the Mahanadu on Tuesday and Wednesday, the ruling party will face a major challenge on the final day if there is a cloudburst.
More than five lakh people, including party workers from across the state, are expected to take part in the final day proceedings, followed by Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu's public meeting on May 29.
With the IMD predicting thundershowers accompanied by isolated heavy rainfall for Kadapa district on all three days coinciding with the TDP's Mahanadu dates between May 27-29, it remains to be seen how the ruling party will handle the on-ground situation at its maiden Mahanadu at Kadapa over the next three days.
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