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What If TDP Joined Hands With Janasena
If you look at the overall polling percentages, YSR Congress got 51%, Telugudesam carved 39% and Janasena got a mere 6.5% of votes. Though one might argue that even TDP and Janasena clubbed together, it can’t beat YSRC, this is not the math one should look at.
In many places, including Bhimavaram where Pawan Kalyan lost the mandate to YSRC candidate with a margin of 2700+ votes, the very first thought is that, support from TDP would have done miracles. While Grandhi Srinivas (YSRC) got 55700+ votes, Pawan fetched 53,000 votes and TDP’s Pulavarthi Ramanjaneyulu got 44,323 votes polled. Now imagine, if TDP and Pawan came up as a combine, even if one of them’s vote is split into two, definitely their combine would have won.
In other words, has Telugudesam party and Pawan Kalyan joined hands, then the result would have been different altogether. Neither Pawan Kalyan has seen to that, nor the veteran Chandrababu Naidu saw that coming. Telugudesam men have earlier made a mockery of Pawan over the Janasenani’s comments that TDP won in 2014 due to him. Now, TDP has lost due to him as many believed that there is a secret pact between them.
Had they made the pact openly, surely they would have won, is what analysts feel.
Exclusive: YS Jagan’s Biopic As Yatra 2
2019’s Yatra, the iconic movie on the legendary politician and ex-Chief Minister late Dr YS Rajasekhar Reddy is one of the finest inspirational leader’s stories and the film has succeeded in impressing the audience by bringing out the leader’s charisma to the world. Directed by Mahi V Raghav, he made sure to take meticulous care in portraying YSR’s padayatra period and his thumping win.
In fact, the film was critically acclaimed and garnered humongous number of positive reviews. After making people understand YSR’s compassion and generosity, the director has now announced Yatra 2. Yesterday, after Jagan’s massive victory at the elections, Mahi V Raghav took to his Twitter to convey his congratulations to the new Chief Miniter of Andhra, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Jagan will soon take an oath as the CM on May 30, at Vijayawada. On this, filmmaker Raghav hinted about Yatra 2 in his congratulatory tweet with a hashtag #Yatra2. However, the film will commence after one year as the director is planning for an action drama for his next project and then only put his complete focus on the final instalment of Yatra. Moreover, Raghav will also need to wait and see Jagan’s work as CM before gathering the story. The story will be all about Jagan’s life, his 10 years of struggles that lead to his victory and work in his tenure as the CM. We are also pretty excited to learn who would be playing Jagan’s role.
New CM Jagan gets new convoy
YSR Congress chief YS Jagan is set to become the new chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. On that note, the police department has made additional security arrangements for the new CM and deployed a new convoy. Six new cars are added to Jagan’s convoy and all of them are bullet proof and carry the same number plate i.e, AP 18P 3418.
Jagan will be meeting Governor ESL Narasimhan tomorrow in Hyderabad and then the swearing in ceremony is scheduled on May 30th in Vijayawada. Grand arrangements are being made for it.
Subsequently, the security for Chandrababu Naidu is partly reduced. However, he will continue to get Z plus security because of the threat factor as he is always under hit list of Maoists.
In Discussion: Razole’s Die Hard Kapu Community
With Kapu community being in large numbers in Andhra Pradesh, many expected that Janasena will have a massive swing. But none of such happened. Experts say that Kapus are divided between TDP and Janasena, while this led to BCs and other communities voting en masse YSR Congress to power.
But there is a singular exception and it is none other than Rapaka Varaprasad who has won from Razole (SC reserved) constituency as an MLA of Janasena. Of course, he’s the first ever MLA from the party founded by Pawan Kalyan. So what made this contestant made that difference?
In fact, Rapaka has won with 1167 votes majority and a total of 48740 votes, over his nearest rival, YSRC’s Bonthu Rajeswara Rao. Even the TDP candidate Gollapalli Suryarao also got 44515 indicating that the fight between these three is a close contest. However, die-hard Kapus are said to have worked quite hard to make all their community members vote for Rapaka.
We hear that, despite the fact that other candidates used their influence, money and many things, Kapu community has decided to showcase their unity and that made Rapaka get that ‘slight’ majority. Had all the Kapus been like this, then Pawan Kalyan would have won many places, says these Razole guys now.
Jagan will be CM for next 30 years: Mohan Babu
Actor Mohan Babu has called on the media and reacted on the election results. As we all know Mohan Babu joined YSRCP before elections and campaigned for the party in Rayalaseema. “I congratulate Jagan on this grand victory. The credit will completely go only to him as I have seen him working tirelessly for public and I’m sure he will be a good CM,” said Mohan Babu.
Then the Collection King said Jagan will be CM like West Bengal’s stalwart leader Jyothi Basu, who was CM for three decades. Mohan Babu expressed his anguish over the cast politics that led to violence in few parts of Andhra Pradesh.
Mohan Babu also congratulated PM Modi, Odisha CM Naveen Patniak and actress Sumalatha who contested as independent for their victory. However, he declined to comment on TDP’s humiliating defeat and even on Pawan Kalyan.
Releasing Today: Bellamkonda Banks On Teja’s Sita
Bellamkonda Srinivas has been struggling to deliver a film that clicks at the ticket windows. He is hoping that Teja’s take on Ramayanam would fetch him that much needed hit.
Teja has given a new spin to Sita’s character that has been drawing controversies already.
Kajal Agarwal played the modern Sita, who is ambitious, arrogant and opportunistic.
Bellamkonda plays the role of an innocent but strong Rama and Sonu Sood is the Ravana who eyes Sita.
The premise looks promising, but can Teja deliver an engaging film with familiar plot and characters?
Sita is releasing today amid very low expectations and at a time when people’s attention is away from the cinemas.
The film hasn’t taken off will with its pre-bookings, but the makers and buyers hope that it will pick up once the word of mouth is out.
It is an important film for Bellamkonda Srinivas as he is in dire need of success. Actors like Naga Chaitanya and Sai Dharam Tej were able to bounce back this summer.
Will Bellamkonda Srinivas get similar reception with Sita?
YSR Congress wins 151 Assembly, 22 Lok Sabha seats
Amaravati: YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), which swept to power in Andhra Pradesh with a landslide victory, has bagged 151 seats in 175-member Assembly. It also won 22 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats.
As counting in couple of constituencies continued past midnight with keen tussle between the YSRCP and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the final tally became clear early Friday.
The TDP finished a distant second with 23 Assembly and three Lok Sabha seats.
Actor Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party (JSP), which made the electoral debut, bagged one Assembly seat. Both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) drew blank.
In 2014, the TDP had bagged 102 seats while its then ally BJP had won four seats. The YSRCP had won 67 seats while two independents were also elected. In the simultaneous Lok Sabha polls, TDP had won 15 seats, YSRCP eight and BJP two seats.
In the results declared late Thursday night, TDP’ Galla Jayadev retained Guntur Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 4,800 votes over his nearest rival M. Venugopal Reddy of the YSRCP.
TDP’s Kesineni Nani and K. Rammohan Naidu also retained Vijayawada and Srikakulam Lok Sabha seats respectively after a close contest.
Five out of six exit polls for Telangana wrong
Five out of six exit polls turned out to be wrong for Telangana Lok Sabha elections.
Except the India Today-Axis poll, which came close to being accurate giving 10-12 seats to the TRS, 1 to 3 to the BJP and Congress each. Other exit polls gave TRS 12-15. All predicted AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi’s win.
The Times Now-VMR poll predicted 13 seats for the TRS, 2 seats for the Congress and 1 for the BJP. The Republic -C Voter exit poll gave the TRS 14 seats and said that the Congress, BJP and AIMIM will win 1 each.
The Republic-Jan Ki Baat poll predicted 14-15 seats for TRS, none to one for the Congress and one for the BJP.
The CNN News18-IPSOS poll predicted that the TRS would win a comfortable 12-14 seats, the Congress would pick up 1 to 2 seats, and the BJP 1.
Rashmika Mandanna Just Unstoppable!
Rashmika Mandanna is on the rise. The Geetha Govindam actress is just unstoppable with Telugu, Tamil and Kannada film industries chasing her.
Rashmika has recently landed the female lead role in Mahesh Babu’s next film with Anil Ravipudi. She is also signed up for Allu Arjun’s upcoming film with Sukumar.
She has a couple of biggies lined up in Kannada cinema as she gets busier in Kollywood with big stars and big production houses choosing her over other options.
As per latest buzz, Rashmika has been approached for Vijay’s 64th film to be directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. She is already playing the female lead in Karthi’s nineteenth film.
There is Bheeshma with Nithin that will be directed by Venky Kudumula, who introduced Rashmika to Telugu Cinema.
With so many biggies up her sleeve, Rashmika is on the verge of becoming the next lady superstar of South Cinema.
The PK factor in Jagan’s Andhra Pradesh win
It’s the curious case of the ‘PK’ factor which seems to have had its impact on the outcome of the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh.
Ahead of the general election and after completion of polling on April 11, there were discussions in all circles over the impact of three ‘PKs’ on the outcome in Andhra Pradesh.
In the final analysis, only one PK factor worked and the resultant success was a landslide.
The ruling Telugu Desam Party banked on PK, the Pasupu-Kumkuma scheme under which a dole of Rs 10,000 was distributed from government coffers to each member (totalling about 95 lakh women) of self-help groups.
For the main opposition YSR Congress, it was the political strategist PK Prashant Kishor.
The third PK was film actor and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan who jumped into the electoral fray for the first time.
The TDP, in fact, banked on two PKs, Pasupu-Kumkuma as well as Pawan Kalyan, hoping the monetary dole would pump-in the women votes en masse while the other PK would split the anti-incumbency vote and benefit the ruling party.
Kalyan could not make much of an impact and his own party faced a washout.
Its obvious that Pasupu-Kumkuma too did not help the TDP as it got blown away in the ‘fan’ (YSRCs election symbol) wave.
Prashant Kishor and his India Political Action Committee team did wonders for the YSRC by meticulously helping it build the organisation right from the polling booth level.
According to sources, the YSRC faltered in 2014 only due to lack of such organisational structure.
The political consulting firm, which worked with Narendra Modi in 2014 and Nitish Kumar later, was instrumental in setting the strategy for the YSRC and creating the narrative by organising 35 campaigns, 17 on the ground and 18 online since May 2017.
“One of the key strategic decisions was to reach out to people and establish a direct connect with the voters,” Asbah Farooqui, IPACs head of national communications team said.
Jaganmohan Reddy did that through his 15-month-long Praja Sankalpa Padayatra, a foot march that took him across the state and helped connect with over two crore people.
“This was followed by the Jagan Anna Pilupu campaign, wherein the YSRC chief wrote personal letters to over 60,000 village-level neutral influencers, seeking their inputs to create a blueprint for the development of Andhra Pradesh,” Farooqui pointed out.
“Through various other campaigns, the YSRCP managed to reach out to over 4.8 crore people in one crore households in the state at least once in the last two years,” he added.
The campaign song ‘Raavali Jagan Kaavali Jagan’ ahead of the elections went viral, with 2.2 crore people viewing it, reportedly making it the most-watched poll campaign song.
‘Ninnu Nammam Babu’ (we dont trust you Chandrababu), ‘Bye-Bye Babu’ campaign themes became catchy slogans on poll-eve and turned the tide against TDPs ‘Malli Nuvve Raavali’ (you should come again) line.
In fact, the TDPs line was coined as a counter to Raavali Jagan.
While 400 members of IPAC worked in the field with YSRC MPs, MLAs and other leaders, different ‘functional teams’ managed data and technology, political intelligence, social media, research, media and operations, providing comprehensive support to the whole campaign.
“The outcome of all this is now conspicuous. We left the TDP rattled and threw it off the game,” Farooqui observed.
Pawan Kalyan Comments on YS Jagan | AP Election Results | #Janasena
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