What they eat While campaigning?

The diet and campaign pro- food that the star speakers and party heads of Andhra Pradesh which is on a poll frenzy crusade for appeasing the vote them to power .As election campaign in picking up the life style and eating habits of the political leaders – campaigners and candidates- are s coming to public focus. To keep always fit and smiling when they dash across hundreds of kms by walk, road or by air, the leaders keep a strict vigil on what they drink and eat.

Technology and also availability has paced up with the political jamboree so much so that the leaders carry not only their own kitchen and also cooks at handy for giving what they always prefer particularly during campaigns . We have listed the eating habits of some of the AP leaders

TDP President Chandrababu Naidu: 64 year old TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu is a regimented politician. His morning exercises, yoga and meditation are a popular mantra for every politician in the country.

For breakfast he consumed just two idlis ,buttermilk and if not idlis he preferred Ragi sankati ( a boiled ragi millet porridge ). For lunch he repeated Ragi sankati with dal and green lentils. At night he preferred Upma or Pongal. He normally drank more butter milk than water and avoided tea or coffee totally. A mobile kitchen moves around him when on hectic tour

During his marathon padayatra last year he went on a diet of Tulasi or Pudina laced water and beet rout juice for stamina. He shared lunch or dinner with party workers and leaders.

YSRC President -YS Jagan: The 42 year old Jagan preferred fruit juices and tea in morning as appetizers .Idli, upma were his favorite breakfast items. Avoided oily stuff like dosa and vada . He normally avoided lunch but preferred meat when at home or plain vegetarian items when on tour. While on travel he preferred seeds of Pomegranate Fruit and other dry fruits and ate pulkas and rocky curds . ‘However he ate lot of orange perppermints when on move’.He is little eater and eats late in evening and late at night and good often comes from his home in Kadapa or his close aides from wherever he is touring.

TRS President – K Chandrasekhar Rao: 60 year old Chandrasekhar Rao had lots of milk and idly for morning break fast. Like Jagan he was a low eater but preferred seasonal fruits more like Jama and custard apple. In afternoons he ate gravy curries and spicy veg and non veg items with rice and rotis. ‘He consumed lot of Pomegranate Fruit juice after lunch’. KCR is known for his evening eats like samosas and packodis besides his late evening habits over a glass of milk.

APCC President – Raghuveera Reddy: The 57 year old rayalaseema leader hailing from Anantapur belt close to Bangalore is known for his non veg eating. He preferred dosa or idly for breakfast and lot of fruits for deserts. For lunch he ate Raagi sankati and country chicken pulusu (gravy).

He ate a healthy dinner of curd rice, spicy curries, ragi sankati and always in company of friends and relatives. He lived most of his days in Bangalore where he has several hotels so his food varieties are normally available for just ordering at short notice.

Telangana PCC President – Ponnala Lakshmaiah: A US returned techie and go getter Ponnala has a fad for bread and omlet as a stable breakfast and spicy meat for lunch. But he preferred to keep his diet to veg and lentils during campaign.’ Spicy food churned your stomach and bit your tongue ‘he would say often. The former IT and Irrigation minister an avid traveler always kept his medicine kit handy and also eats and beverages for all situations.’ Campaigning is part of my routine day as I travel for almost four days in a week ‘says Pionnala who jettisoned himself to his native Janagon weekly and to US once two months.

BJP Telangana President – G. Kishan Reddy : The 49 year old Telangana leader Kishan Reddy is a poor eater. So if one went out with him, they could normally starve. His breakfast, lunch and dinner are all Jowar rotis. Rice, sambar and curd rice. He did not make fuss about food and also beverages. While on campaign he gave preference to butter milk, fruit juices and plain curd rice. He kept lot of chocolates to avoid acidity .

He is also a very fast eater. His lunch or dinner or even breakfast ended in just five to ten minutes.’ Even after three terms in assembly, politics for two decades, he often behaved more like a student rather than a calculated person, was the description of his colleagues in politics.

CPI state chief- K Narayana: The 62 year old CPI leader is a fond of spicy food – particularly chicken curry and idli’s for breakfast. He ate ragi java or corn flakes or even coffee in mornings. He had vowed to not consume chicken after eating chicken on /Gandhi Jayanti day. But the publicity has earned him popularity that there is rain of chicken food wherever he went now.