(Ramesh Kandula)
Pawan Kalyan, at last, found his political enemy. It is the BJP, besides the Congress of course.
The Jana Sena leader launched a no-holds barred attack against BJP for denying special status to Andhra Pradesh. The state is being looked down by the north Indian-centric BJP, he said.
Time and again, the saffron party humiliated Seemandra people, he thundered.
That is about the only clarity that Pawan gave during his hour-long speech, delivered in fits and starts.
He was mildly critical of the TDP, and did not dwell much on YSR CP. He mentioned several times how he had helped BJP-TDP combine in Andhra Pradesh during the 2014 election campaign.
As can be expected, Pawan once again came across as a rebel without any ideological base, a man burdened by too much thought, but no concrete plan of action.
The speech, attended by a large gathering in Kakinada, is marked by the usual Pawan-mark hysterical declamations, spurts of emotional outbursts and characteristic vehemence.
It is mostly a meandering speech with not much coherence. As is his wont, Pawan got carried away by his own personality, indulging in chest thumping in place of logical, point by point rebuttal of any criticism against him.
TDP and Chandrababu Naidu may feel relieved that the maverick actor-turned-politician chose not to target them. Besides, Pawan’s firing guns at the Centre will only help it put more pressure on Modi.
However, the fans-turned-Jana Sena-activists are likely to get a confused message as Pawan did not clearly spell out the future course of action.
But one outcome of Pawan’s meet is clear – his ties with BJP are snapped for good. He is all set to take up cudgels against the party whom he had supported not long ago against the wishes of his own brother Chiranjeevi.
