armers from Mallepalli and Pochammavada staged the protest and threatened to die by suicide by consuming pesticides if water was not supplied to their field from SRSP canal.
The MLA aspirants, who left no stone unturned to win the election, put in serious efforts to woo the miners since the latter would decide the victory of candidates in 12 assembly constituencies directly and would have a say in the equations in at least 25 segments indirectly.