Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan had a brief one-to-one talk the other day when they met at the temple inauguration near Acharya Nagarjuna University. The temple was constructed by the leading infra group Lingamaneni. Ironically, this business group had invited the Chief Minister and the Jana Sena chief besides some leaders ignoring the Bharatiya Janata Party and YSR Congress.
The Lingamaneni group had given its guest house on the banks of river Krishna to the Chief Minister, while it had given a bit of two acres of land to the Jana Sena chief for his party office. It is because of this connection, the two leaders have attended the ceremony, where they came face to face. It was for the first time that the two leaders have come face to face after Pawan Kalyan differed from Chandrababu Naidu a few months ago and going tough against the TDP in his interactions with the media and the people.
Chandrababu Naidu had reportedly greeted Pawan Kalyan in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple though they did not look at each other outside the temple. After this exchange of greetings the two leaders have reportedly closeted for one hour keeping others aside. It was a well-calculated move by Chandrababu Naidu to send some positive signals among the Kapu leaders and voters in the Telugu Desam Party that he still loves them. The meeting also happened a day after his one-to-one meeting with sulking Ganta Srinivasa Rao, who took exception to the Andhra Jyothi survey which predicted his defeat at Bheemili.
Chandrababu Naidu is worried about losing the Kapu vote in the next election and his meeting with the Jana Sena chief is seen as an advantage TDP. It is highly speculated that majority of the TDP Kapu leaders are unhappy with Chandrababu Naidu and are planning to quit the party before the election. In an attempt to avoid this, Chandrababu Naidu had pacified Ganta Srinivasa Rao and is trying to rebuild his alliance with the Jana Sena.
It is to be seen how Chandrababu Naidu would handle this vibrant Kapu community in the elections to regain their support.
