"Naidu is back after a quarter of a century," remarks Neerja Chowdhary, senior journalist or Chandrababu Naidu's TDP performance in Andhra Pradesh. "You can never write off any politician in this space". Five years ago, the YSRCP emerged as the single largest party with 151 seats while TDP bagged 23 seats. The national parties INC and BJP were not able to win a single seat.