Considering the fact the coalition NDA alliance in Andhra Pradesh is too consolidated, YCP has made it a life’s mission to somehow break the solidarity amongst the alliance partners. They’re taking opportunistic stance to create cracks in the alliance.
In one such attempt, YCP has been looking to make a meal from the recent comments from Nandamuri Balakrishna involving Chiranjeevi and ex CM Jagan in the Assembly.
YSR Congress leaders tried to exploit the incident, portraying it as a potential conflict between the TDP and Janasena. The implication here is to portray Chiranjeevi’s clarification on Balayya’s statement in a way that Chiru said he wasn’t mistreated by Jagan.
It was implied that Chiranjeevi’s clarification clears Jagan of the earlier points raised by Balayya and Pawan Kalyan who had stated the former was mistreated by Jagan when he brought Tollywood delegation to Tadepalli.
Observers, however, see it as more of a cyclone in a tea cup than anything else. Balakrishna’s public remarks often get twisted or misinterpreted, but those who know him understand that his intentions are rarely malicious. It’s just that his choice of words occasionally create a discussion.
While it’s a fact that minor frictions have started to emerge at local grassroots levels between working level TDP and Janasena leaders, these are expected in any political alliance. But none of these are significant enough to destabilise the alliance.
The most important thing here is that the political rapport between Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan remains unaffected. Same is the case with Lokesh and Kalyan as well.
While the Balayya-Chiru controversy has created a talking point in the media, it does not threaten the alliance at the leadership level.
On a related note YCP leaders may attempt to use caste based narratives or other strategies, CBN and Kalyan are firm that they’ll hold fort together for many decades as AP’s future is more important than anything here.
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