Janasena President Pawan Kalyan has already announced that his party will contest in all the 175 AP constituencies in the 2019 general elections. In the past, Pawan had expressed his wish to contest from Hindupur in Anantapur district. But it looks like Pawan has changed his mind.

Pawan recently took a new voter card from his temporary residence in Eluru, West Godavari. Pawan is planning to contest from West Godavari and he is said to be eyeing the Kapu dominated Palakollu for his political entry. Pawan reportedly discussed his chances in this constituency with his party’s local leaders following his recent tour in Bhimavaram.

Interestingly, there were strong rumours recently that Geetha Govindam’s producer and Allu Aravind’s close aide Bunny Vas will be given Janasena ticket to contest from Palakollu. But, the what is local leaders insisted that Pawan should contest from the constituency as he has high chances to win the seat.

On the other hand, Pawan is also finding out possibilities to contest from Tadepalligudem. Also, Eluru is also said to be in the Janasenani’s mind. But eventually, Palakollu has high chances to see Pawan joining the election fray.Incidentally, Pawan’s brother and then PRP Chief Megastar Chiranjeevi had suffered a major defeat when he had contested from Palakollu in the 2009 general elections. It remains to be seen whether Pawan will get lucky where his brother exactly a decade ago.

Election Fever is gripping political parties and leaders all over the country. Rahul Gandhi is in Hyderabad for 2-days Telangana Tour. That is when Former Union Minister Jaipal Reddy who had gone to welcome the Congress Chief faced an insult.

Cops denied entry for Jaipal Reddy into the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport citing his name didn’t feature in the 12-Member List prepared by the PCC. While Congress Legislative Party Leader Jana Reddy was allowed inside, Jaipal Reddy was made to wait outside. This development gave scope for serious debate in the political circles. Whether Congress High Command lowered the importance given to Jaipal Reddy or T-Congress Leadership sidelined him deliberately is a mystery for now.

Rahul Gandhi will attend the Public Meeting in Bidar. Later, He will meet Women Self-Help Groups in Classic Convention Hall in Hyderabad. Thereafter, Prince would tour in Serilingampally Constituency. Accommodation of Rahul Gandhi was arranged at Haritha Plaza in Begumpet. TRS Government denied permission for Rahul Gandhi’s meeting in Osmania University. Still, Congress Leaders are determined to hold the meeting in the Varsity. What’s gonna happen?

The demise of Karunanidhi who helmed DMK for 5 decades has created vacuum in party’s top leadership. Karuna’s two sons – Alagiri and Stalin – are locking horns for very longtime and with their father’s death, the fight between the brothers over party’s reigns is back. It’s not even a week since Karuna dead, but succession war is back.

Karuna’s elder son and expelled leader Alagiri has stated that DMK is not functioning properly. He further questioned that why did DMK lose deposit in RK Nagar by poll that was facilitated after Jaya’s demise. He claimed that his father’s “true loyalists” are with him.

Speaking to media after paying homage at his father’s burial site in Marina beach with his family members, Alagiri said he came to express his anguish to his father. “En Thalaivar (my leader) Kalaignar’s true loyalists are with me. All are supporting me. Time will tell,” Alagiri said. Son Durai Dhayanidhi and daughter Kayalvizhi were accompanying Alagiri.

The yellow media raised the issue of YS Bharati’s remuneration with ABN Radhakrishna questioning her annual salary of Rs 3.9 crore as the head of Sakshi group.This salary according to Radhakrishna justifies the fact that the cases against Jagan are true.If a high salary is an indication of culpability then how does Radhakrishna explain the packages of his own TDP people?

For example, Bhuvaneshwari and Brahmani took home salaries of Rs 9.5 crore in FFY 17. How corrupt must Naidu and Lokesh and their wives then be?Galla Jayadev’s salary as Head of Amara Raja is a whopping Rs 39 crore per anum.Murali Chowdary of Divis takes home Rs 45 crore per anum. In which jail should all these fellows be put in then?

When YS Jagan was arrested in the CBI cases and imprisoned for 16 months, it was YS Bharati who successfully ran Sakshi and Bharati Cements in a n extremely hostile political scenario, thereby proving herself to be a very capable lady.Besides, who is ABN Radhakrishna to decide on the compensation package of YS Bharati?Will the Head of Infosys decide on how much the salary of the CEO of Facebook should be?

They are different companies and have their own parameters. But then, expecting common sense from Radhakrishna is akin to asking a Pakistani to say ‘jai Hind’.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is most likely to dissolve the state assembly soon after the forthcoming monsoon session and go for early elections.During his recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, KCR is learnt to have indicated that he is willing to advance the assembly elections, irrespective of whether the NDA goes in for early elections to Lok Sabha.

And the Prime Minister is said to have given his nod for the same. KCR also discussed the same with Governor E S L Narasimhan soon after his return from Delhi.The Congress party in Telangana has also got an indication to this effect from Delhi. Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy told a section of media that KCR might go in for assembly elections in December. It would mean, he might dissolve the assembly in September end or October first week.

“We are ready for the battle. In fact, the visit of Rahul Gandhi to Telangana on Monday and Tuesday is only to kick start the election campaign,” Uttam said.The question is why KCR wants early elections to the assembly?According to the TRS sources, if elections to Telangana are held along with other states like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, the national parties like the Congress and the BJP would be focussing on these states and they might not be able to pay much attention to Telangana.

Secondly, KCR is of the view that the atmosphere is conducive for the ruling TRS now, as there are good rains and farmers are happy with the recent Rythu Bandhu scheme.The first phase of Kaleshwaram project is going to be completed by October and so will be Mission Bhagiratha. The 2BHK scheme is under brisk pace of implementation.

Before the opposition parties gear up themselves and launch an onslaught on other issues like unemployment, rising prices and lack of remunerative prices, it would be better create an election mood in the state, so that people would focus on them and forget their real issues.

This is what KCR is thinking, say sources.

Right from the beginning, it was YSR Congress party which has been solidly supporting the agitation taken up by former minister and Kapu strongman Mudragada Padmnabham for inclusion of Kapus in the Backward Classes list and achieving reservations for them in education and employment.When Mudragada held Kapu Garjana at Tuni in January 2016, it was YSRC which provided all moral and financial support because YSRC president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy felt it was a legitimate demand.

The YSRC activists also bore the brunt of police oppression, faced lathi-charges and went to jails after being implicated in false cases by the Telugu Desam Party government headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.While Naidu tried to create a split among the Kapu communities by making false promises, it was YSRC, which had exposed him in the state assembly.Even Jana Sena Party floated by Pawan Kalyan did not speak a word in favour of Kapu agitation then and did not extend any support to Mudragada for the simple reason that he was supporting Naidu then.

Now, all of a sudden, Pawan Kalyan has become a hot favourite and Jagan a villain for Mudragada.Just because Jagan spoke the factual position stating that the Kapu reservation issue is in the hands of the Centre, Mudragada calls him a betrayer of Kapus and accuses him of taking a U-turn on Kapu reservations.He even insulted Jagan by stating that Kapus would give him Rs 20,000 crore if he declared a Kapu leader as the chief ministerial candidate.

At the same time, Mudragada was all praise for Pawan Kalyan for stating that he would strive for inclusion of Kapu reservation in IX Schedule of the Constitution.“Whoever does justice to Kapus, we will vote for them in 2019 elections,” he said.Latest talk doing rounds in the political circles is that Mudragada has agreed to rally all the Kapus behind Pawan Kalyan in the next elections. In return, Pawan would give him party ticket for Lok Sabha elections from Kakinada.

It clearly shows that Pawan is banking solely on Kapu votes, notwithstanding his tall claims that he does not belong to one caste but is a man of all sections of people. In practice, he is behaving like any other politician depending on caste votes.But one doubts whether Mudragada continues to enjoy the same credibility he had in the past and whether Kapus would blindly follow him.In Kakinada civic elections, the TDP proved him wrong and in the next elections, it will be Jagan’s turn to call Mudragada bluff!