Former chief minister and YCP chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy, who has been making attempts to go to people alleging Chandrababu Naidu-led coalition government failed in performing its electoral promises of `six guarantees’, is mainly targeting Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, but surprisingly keeping silence on deputy chief minister and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan, unlike in the past.
Even YCP leaders are also surprised that why Jagan is not criticizing Pawan Kalyan these days? For the first time after losing the elections, he gave the government an ultimatum on the farmers’ problems. Visiting Guntur Chilli Yard on Wednesday, he accused that not a single farmer was happy during Chandrababu’s last eight months regime.
He has also been criticizing the coalition government on several occasions. But, Jagan’s allegations continue to target Chandrababu, but hardly mention the name of Pawan Kalyan. However, YCP sponsored Social media is continuing to target Pawan. Many suspect that this is a strategy of cornering Chandrababu Naidu bringing a division among him and his deputy.
It may be recalled that Jaganmohan Reddy had made several allegations against Pawan along with Chandrababu until the election campaign. He criticized Pawan’s marriages and tried to provoke him by humiliating his personal life. All such criticisms were felt to be aimed at preventing Pawan Kalyan from resorting to electoral alliance with Chandrababu Naidu.
Jaganmohan Reddy was known to have even sought help of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah to prevent Pawan Kalyan from joining hands with Chandrababu Naidu. Electoral strategist openly said he was asked by Jaganmohan Reddy to negotiate with Pawan Kalyan for a possible political alliance. However, his fears became true with the stubborn anti-YCP attitude of Pawan Kalyan resulting in devastating electoral results.
Now, many wonder with Jagan’s new strategy that is it strategic to target Chandrababu and ignore Pawan? Or does Jagan consider Chandrababu as his only political opponent? Jagan seems to have changed his strategy now with reports that he has lost strong support in Godavari districts and Rayalaseema region due to targeting Pawan.
It is being argued that by targeting Chandrababu, he is targeting the entire government. Moreover, Pawan is also said to be in a somewhat awkward situation with the developments taking place in the alliance. At this time, it is becoming clear that Jagan is increasing the intensity of the attack on Chandrababu.
While Jagan is continuously criticizing the government, Pawan is also remaining silent. With this, the political war is once again turning into TDP vs. Jagan. YCP leaders are predicting that Jagan has changed his route due to the developments in the alliance. At the same time, Pawan’s silence is becoming interesting. With this, the politics of Jagan and Pawan will become crucial in the coming days.