Candidate promises freebies, including BP, sugar tests
Updated Feb 21, 2021, 4:26 am IST
Padala Ranga Reddy (48), a candidate from Ubalanka village in Ravulapalem mandal has adopted a novel approach to attract his voters
He has promised voters free medical diagnoses like B.P., diabetes and other tests, with cable TV connection and free ration thrown in for one year. (Representational Photo: DC/ Narayana Rao)
KAKINADA: While candidates contesting gram panchayat polls are luring voters with gifts, cash and liquor in most places, Padala Ranga Reddy (48), a candidate from Ubalanka village in Ravulapalem mandal has adopted a novel approach to attract his voters. He has promised voters free medical diagnoses like B.P., diabetes and other tests, with cable TV connection and free ration thrown in for one year.
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advance his own brand and his own business interests? dylan byers, thanks very much. joining us now are two of our political analysts, david gergen and david gregory. david gergen, first of all, on the wloel tv connection, what do you make of it. you could argue that this is it may be unprecedented, but it s not illegal. and you know, this is what donald trump wants to do. in this case, anderson, other presidents have received, as president obama, you just pointed out, is receiving money from books he s done in the past. and so the money aspect of this is not a particularly disturbing. i do think there s a huge question of taste. and there s a huge question of what you lend your name to. i would think that in most cases, i would think most presidents would cut this off. the much, much bigger question is going to be what he s going to do on december 15th about these massive economic interests that he has in his company, and already, you know, the foreign
adviser, jared kushner, has approached about the television network after the election for november. the co-author of the piece is now with me. matthew, were these talks informal? will they happen? i think it s very informal, i m not sure. i think a trump tv network will happen at some point. i don t think he is the guy to do it, but there was definitely an approach. what does it mean for the trump campaign? if jared kushner is going around and saying, what about a tv connection? are they saying they won t win the election. i think it s an assumption, it s hard to win the election, they have seen the enormous crowds, there are millions of people who will vote for donald trump in november. after november, where are those