Has the much-hyped Chandrababu-Pawan Kalyan friendship fizzled out even before it began? If not, why is the TDP launching an attack on the YSRCP in the North Andhra region all alone? Why was the Jana Sena leadership neither consulted nor roped in? What does TDP’s lone fight indicate? Does this mean that all is not well in the TDP-Jana Sena friendship?
Starting from Friday, the TDP has begun its anti-YSRCP fight in the north Andhra region. It wants to highlight the YSRCP government’s failure in preventing the land grab around the famed Rishikonda hill and in containing ganja cultivation in the agency areas. Other issues such as Dasapalla lands, failure of Gotta barrage in providing water to North Andhra and closure of Anakapalli sugar mill will also be taken up.
Chandrababu Naidu has formed a steering committee to run these agitations. The committee comprises Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu, Nakka Anand Babu, Nimmakayala china Rajappa and Kala Venkat Rao. Interestingly, there are no representatives from the Jana Sena, which has expressed the willingness to wage joint battles.
Sources say that Chandrababu may be having second thoughts about the alliance with the Jana Sena. This could be the case especially after the BJP started wooing back Jana Sena into its fold. The BJP is said to have proposed that the party would join the anti-Jagan alliance provided Pavan Kalyan is announced as the chief ministerial candidate. Interestingly, even the CPI, which has fallen head over heels in joining the TDP alliance, has also been kept away.
