A festive atmosphere prevailed on the roads, lanes and bylanes in the Polavaram ST Assembly constituency which were hitherto dull and drab and had little campaign activity. It was a busy day for the returning officers as many candidates chose to file the nominations on Friday. Although candidates are not allowed to take out processions close to the EC offices, the political parties stormed the roads with rallies in a show of strength.
The workers waited patiently at the cross roads near Jangareddygudem bypass for their leader to arrive and accompany them up to the RDO office.
Cheers and whistles rented the air as the candidates reached the Polavaram Market Yard Committee office here. They accompanied contesting candidates. It led to traffic jams on the bypass road, and near the RDO office. The traffic on the bypass came to a grinding halt as the cadres hardly allowed the vehicles to pass the junction. In fact, the 3-km stretch road from bypass to the RDO was a chock-a-block.