There is no doubt that former speaker of assembly Nadendla Manohar became very important leader in Janasena party. Manohar has been accompanying Pawan Kalyan almost in all recent events, including his meeting in Dallas. He recently met north Andhra leaders of the party and interacted with them on taking the party forward and preparing cadres for upcoming elections. But during his speech, he seems to have given clarity on latest rumors about Janasena-YSRCP alliance.
Rumor about Janasena allying with YSRCP for 25 MLAs and 5 MPs:
Recently there have been rumors that Janasena may ally with YSRCP for mere 25 MLA seats and 5 MP seats in upcoming 2019 elections for AP assembly and Lok Sabha. The rumors, as circulated widely in social media, also had it that Mega brother Naga Babu and YSRCP leader Vijay Sai Reddy already had a discussion regarding the same. The rumor was put forward in a tone as if Janasena is urging YSRCP 25 MLA seats and 5 MP seats.
Nadendla Manohar indirectly condemned this rumour:
In his meeting with north Andhra leaders, Nadendla Manohar reiterated the words of Pawan Kalyan that Janasena will be contesting in all the 175 seats. Nadendla Manohar’s statements confirming Janasena contesting all 175 seats seemed to be aiming at putting check on the rumours of alliance with YSRCP. It is to be remembered that whenever such rumours (like Janasena allying with other parties) come up, Pawan immediately gives a statement that Janasena will contest in all 175 seats to refute such rumours. Now Nadendla seem to have done the same
Does this mean Janasena will not even have alliances with communists too?
Usually communists take just 5% or less seats when they ally with other parties. So the parties usually claim they are contesting ALMOST all seats. So, these kind of statements usually aimed at condemning rumors of alliance with other parties where they have to sacrifice significant chunk of seats. We can see this kind of statements by all other parties whenever they allied with communists.
Overall:
Even though this rumor was spread very widely, Janasena fans rubbished it saying, no need for Pawan to do this kind of extensive ‘Praja Porata Yatra’ and fire salvos at ruling TDP pary if he wants to contest only 25 seats. They add, even CBN could have easily accommodated 25 MLA seats and 5 MP seats, if that is the case really. Because, as everyone knows Pawan is biggest star at this moment and he has the support of highly populated caste in the state. Moreover, any alliance will be materialized in the last 2 months, as we have seen in Telangana. So it would be too early to comment on alliances at this moment. But Janasena confining only to 25 MLA seats is definitely just a rumor with no truth in it, as anybody can guess.
