Sharmila beats Naidu’s Padayatra record
Smt. Sharmila gesturing to the crowds during her speech at a public meeting in Maro Praja Prasthanam
Sharmila, July 17, 2013: Reaching yet another milestone, Smt. Y.S. Sharmila, who has been undertaking Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra on behalf of YSR Congress chief Sri Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, has overtaken the Padayatra record of TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday.
She has completed walking a distance of 2819.4 km as on 211th day on Tuesday as against Naidu’s Padayatra record of 2817 km in 208 days.
While Chandrababu walked through 16 districts during his Padayatra, Smt. Sharmila walked through 1784 villages in 184 Mandals, 40 Municipal towns and 9 Corporations encompassing 108 assembly constituencies across 13 districts.
She had participated in 194 Rachchabanda programmes and addressed 155 public meetings during her Padayatra spread over 472 km in three districts of Rayalaseema, 765.6 km in four districts of Telangana and 1581.8 km in six districts of coastal region.