YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had several tags in political, media and social media circuits. He had been tagged as “angry”, “arrogant”, “disrespectful”, “impolite”, “hot-headed”. He had also been known for making too personal comments on his political opponents Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan. There were times when Jagan had stated that there is nothing wrong in shooting Chandrababu Naidu in public, he had also made such uncalled for statements and paid a huge price for it. Even in Nandyal by-poll, Jagan’s vicious diatribes on Chandrababu are said to had made it so easy for the TDP to come out with flying colours.
But this is all passe. Jagan seems to have learnt lessons. His reaction on Vangaveeti Radha’s exit and his strong comments have come as a huge surprise – even to YCP’s own leaders and political experts. Jagan had handled the whole issue so well with calm, composure. Jagan’s reaction – “Radha Ekkada Vunna Bavundali” – despite the fact that Radha breathed fire on him like never before is a laudable one. Such composure, maturity are needed in politics.
In fact, TDP and Janasena were expecting a strong counter from Jagan to Radha’s aggressive remarks. TDP expected that Jagan would react in same tone as Radha and thus wanted to politically cash in on Jagan’s weakness – anger. But for strange, Jagan didn’t give that chance to his political opponents. He had acted very smart and by saying so, Jagan had scored points in public. Also, a section of Kapus who were unhappy with Radha over his next political step (joining into TDP), are now said to be praising Jagan for his reaction. Has Jagan became more matured? Has Jagan started learning how to act in politics? Is Prashant Kishor behind this change in Jagan? Only time will tell.