Hyderabad: Pawan Kalyan floated his new party Jana Sena and at the announcement he targeted the Congress. He didn’t utter a single word against Telugu Desam chief N. Chandrababu Naidu. Instead, he said “He is a good person,” when Chandrababu’s name was raised by the crowd. This confirms what others have been suspecting — a soft corner for the TD chief.
Speculation has been rife, in the past few months, about whether Pawan Kalyan will work with Naidu. And he has now announced that he is ready to work with any party except the Congress!
If TD has Pawan, they won’t need Jr NTR
If Pawan Kalyan joins hands with the TD, Jr NTR, who worked with the TD in the last elections, is likely to be the loser. Earlier the party wanted to use Jr NTR for its campaign in the coming elections. But now, if Pawan Kalyan is willing to campaign for the party, with Balakrishna already there, they may not need Jr NTR at all.
Kodali Nani episode not forgotten
The Nandamuri family, and especially Balakrishna, is very annoyed with Jr NTR. When his close friend Kodali Nani joined the YSR Congress and used NTR’s pictures at a rally, Balakrishna asked Jr NTR to condemn it — but he did not. Since then Balakrishna and the TD party have distanced themselves from the young actor.
Both Balakrishna and Jr NTR have big egos. The first move, however, was made by Balakrishna. Jr NTR didn’t respond then. After many months and few flop films, the latter is ready for a patch-up now, but we hear Balakrishna isn’t interested.
No support from father-in-law
Jr NTR’s father-in-law, Narni Srinivasa Rao, a very wealthy person and a relative of Naidu, has recently shifted loyalties and joined the YSRC. Had he been in the TD, he could have spoken in favour of the son-in-law and helped patch up things. Harikrishna, Jr NTR’s father, is another perpetual nuisance in the TD.
So Jr NTR is now quite alone, facing a bad patch in his career and in the political arena too.
“He’s barely in his 30s, he should first concentrate on his film career and leave politics completely. If he gives a good hit, his film career will be back on track, and fame brings everything else,” comments a source.
