The summer seemed such a long time ago, when Adeep and his friend Rory didn’t need a coat or even a jumper to go outside, and when it was still light enough to play in the garden until bedtime.

In the 2019 elections, Pendurthi constituency was won by Annamreddy Adeep Raj of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) with 99,759 votes. His closest competitor, Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy of the ...