The Chief Election Commission’s flash announcement of the schedule for the General Elections 2019 has led to an exciting debate in the Telugu states. Both AP and Telangana will be voting in the first phase, on April 11th.
Until the announcement, everyone thought that the elections in both the Telugu states will be held in either second or third phase, somewhere in April last week or May first week. But, with the elections concluding within exactly 30 days from now on, the first time contestant Janasena seems to have landed in trouble.
While the ruling TDP and the opposition YSRCP parties are prepared enough to face the elections, Janasena is clearly lagging behind in the preparations. Although it has a decent presence in Andhra Pradesh, Janasena is almost non-existent in Telangana. In fact, there is still no clarity on the constituency Pawan will be contesting from, leave alone other leaders of his party.
Also, there are hardly about 10 strong candidates who will be contesting on the Janasena ticket. All the prominent leaders are busy defecting into the TDP and YSRCP and vice versa, and nobody seems to be considering Janasena. So, even if Janasena contests in all the constituencies, it may not show much impact beyond those 10 constituencies.
With just 30 days left for the big day, Pawan is expected to channelise all his focus to Andhra Pradesh. During the Telangana assembly elections, Pawan said that his party was not ready to contest in the state. It may not be a surprise if he announces the same for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
