Many people in Telugu states remember Lagadapati Rajagopal as Andhra Octopus, who predicted the results of many elections accurately, rather than as a former member of parliament. However, his predictions during Telangana elections went miserably wrong and he lost credibility. However, many people still believing it as just an aberration and eagerly waiting for Lagadapati’s prediction for AP results.
Lagadapati attended NRI meet and greet event held at California and opened up on TS results. He told, he will reveal the exact reason why his predictions failed during Telangana elections on 19th May. He told, he will also announce his predictions for AP results on the same day. However, he added, ‘welfare and development’ will win this time and the statement interpreted by many as a pro-TDP statement.
Until May 19th, there is a ban on exit polls and so Lagadapati cannot reveal the predictions now even if he has data available. So, we need to wait till May 19th to know two things – one, predictions for AP and two, what went wrong with Lagadapati predictions during Telangana elections.
