There is a saying that “enemy’s enemy is a friend.” But Power star and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan seems to be of the view that enemy’s enemy is also an enemy.
This is evident from the way Pawan Kalyan has been targeting YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy more than his prime enemy – Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, in the last few days.
At his public meeting in Ravulapalem in East Godavari district, Pawan made very strong allegations against Jagan, saying that the latter was scared of raising the issues of people and the corruption of the rulers in the state assembly.
“The reason is simple: Jagan is afraid that if he questions the government on corruption, his own corruption would get exposed,” he alleged.
The Jana Sena chief further alleged that Jagan was not lagging behind in looting public money and indulging in various scams.
“The YSRC leaders were also involved in sand mafia and soil mafia. Both the TDP and YSRC leaders criticise one another outside, but they have a common agenda of looting the people. That is why Jagan is not daring to question the TDP on the scams,” he said.
Pawan went on to allege that Jagan was also facing CBI cases pertaining to financial irregularities running into thousands of crores.
“How can such a person dare question Narendra Modi or Chandrababu Naidu? He has miserably failed to play the role of an opposition party,” he criticised.
Political analysts wonder what Pawan is going to achieve by attacking Jagan so much.
“It would only help the TDP in the long run. If two enemies of a person fight with each other, it will naturally benefit him,” an analyst said.
However, there is a talk that Pawan has been attacking Jagan mostly in East and West Godavari districts, because he thinks it is Jagan and not Naidu, who is his prime enemy in these districts.
“Perhaps, he feels the Jana Sena would be able to win maximum number of seats in these two days only if he can reduce the impact of Jagan. If he can capture these two districts, he can dictate terms to the next government in the state,” another analyst said.