A couple of months ago, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's Praja Sankalpa Yatra entered East Godavari from West Godavari. A mammoth crowd was seen on the historical road cum rail bridge then.
On Monday, Janasena chief Power Star Pawan Kalyan entered East Godavari from West Godavari through historical Janasena Kavathu. An unprecedented number of people took part in the kavathu.
Though both the bridge parades were success, three striking differences between YS Jagan's yatra and Janasena Kavathu have been observed by the analysts.
* Janasena Kavathu was participated by lakhs of people while YSR CP's Praja Sankalpa Yatra was attended by thousands of YCP's activists.
* Almost all the Janasena workers took part the parade voluntarily. In contrast, most of the YSRCP's activists were bribed with money, liquor bottles etc.
* Apart from Janasena flags, communist parties' flags, SC unions' flags and even Indian national flags were seen in the parade indicating the parade was done by all sections of people who had been down trodden by two upper caste people over the decades.. Meanwhile, fishermen formed two chains of boats on one side and one chain on the other side of the bridge.