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Pawan to meet Mudragada for Pongal

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Pawan to meet Mudragada for Pongal

Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan is likely to meet Kapu leader and former minister Mudragada Padmanabham at the latter’s residence for the Pongal. Jana Sena chief is planning to visit Mudragada ahead of the 2024 general elections to the state Assembly.

Mudragada initially planned to join the ruling YSR Congress Party. He held discussions with some senior leaders of the party on joining. He also spoke to MP P V Midhun Reddy a couple of times, and it was all clear that Mudragada would join the YSR Congress after Pongal.

It was said that the YSR Congress would give tickets to Mudragada and his son once they join the party. Communication was also sent to the Kapu leader and the stage was set for the big change.

However, things seem to have changed for him. Sources say that Mudragada has now made up his mind to join the Jana Sena and drop the YSR Congress. Talks were held and the emissaries of Pawan Kalyan went and met the Kapu leader twice in the last one week. The initial talks were complete, and the rest of the process would begin once Pawan Kalyan visits Mudragada’s house.

Mudragada has been the known Kapu leader in the Godavari districts. He held several movements seeking reservation for the Kapus and all the movements were successful. He led a massive movement during the TDP regime between 2014 and 2019. He was kept under house arrest for several months.

Mudragada led a movement at Tuni in East Godavari district, where the agitators set on fire the police station, police vehicles and a train. Cases were filed against them and several of the youth were arrested by the TDP government. However, the YSR Congress government withdrew all the cases and let the arrested persons walk out of the jail.

Despite the YSR Congress government doing so good for the community, Mudragada seems to have made up his mind to join the Jana Sena and not the YSR Congress. It is to be seen what will happen in the next couple of days.

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Mudragada writes yet another open letter to Pawan Kalyan

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Mudragada writes yet another open letter to Pawan Kalyan

Former minister and Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham, on Friday wrote yet another open letter to Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan. He made it clear that he would be contesting the next general election in 2024.

He said that both Pawan Kalyan and the Jana Sena leaders have made him take a call on contesting the election. He said he was of two minds on contesting the election until Pawan Kalyan criticized him during his tour in Godavari districts.

In his strongly worded open letter, Mudragada blamed Pawan Kalyan and the Jana Sena leaders for criticizing him in the public meetings. He wanted to know if Pawan Kalyan had any evidence to prove that he had exploited the Kapus or had amassed wealth in the name of the Kapu movement.

Mudragada wanted to know if Pawan Kalyan had ever visited the Kapus in jail after Vangaveeti Ranga’s murder in 1988. He also wanted to know if the Jana Sena chief had ever met the family members of those who were jailed or killed for being with Vangaveeti Ranga.

He also posed a question asking him whether he is aware of the police cases filed against hundreds of Kapus in 1993-94 and had ever represented to the government to withdraw the cases.

Mudragada referred to the 2016 public meeting of the Kapus in Tuni and wanted to know whether the Jana Sena chief had ever visited any of those Kapus or their families or even ever tried to get the cases withdrawn by the government.

He also wanted to know whether Pawan Kalyan had visited any of the Kapu family members who were arrested during the recent struggle over naming of Konaseema district as Dr B R Ambedkar Konaseema district. The former minister wondered where the Jana Sena chief was when the Kapu youth were facing police cases or being victimized in different forms for the community.

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Mudragada slams Pawan Kalyan for his utterances

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Mudragada slams Pawan Kalyan for his utterances

Former minister and Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham on Tuesday wrote an open letter to Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan blaming him for his utterances during the Godavari districts tour and his remarks against Kakinada Urban MLA Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy.

Mudragada wrote a strongly worded letter attacking Pawan for criticising chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in general and Chandrasekhar Reddy as well.

The former minister backed the stand taken by Jagan Mohan Reddy extending reservations for the Kapu community. He sought to advise Pawan Kalyan to “go through my statements when Jagan Mohan Reddy said in the past about Kapu reservations. He clearly said the granting reservations to Kapus was in the Centre’s court and not the state government,” he said.

Asking Pawan Kalyan not to waste his energies in attacking Kakinada Urban MLA, the former minister said that the MLA had won twice, which would not have been possible without the support of the people. He further said that the MLA has been a great supporter of the Kapu movement for the past thirty years.

“It is totally wrong on your part to make abusive comments against Chandrasekhar Reddy, his father Bhaskar Reddy and grandfather Krishna Reddy, alleging that they made money through illegal means. They had never aspired for any posts or positions right from the days of N T Rama Rao,” Mudragada said.

“You were never part of the Kapu movement held in the state on different occasions. But the MLA took an active part and supported the movement by providing transportation. The community received better benefits from him than you,” Mudragada told the Jana Sena chief in the letter.

The former minister further said that the Kapu leaders from the Godavri districts would not excuse the Jana Sena chief if he continued to blindly criticise the supporters of the Kapu movement. He also advised the Jana Sena chief not to utter anything just for political gain.

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Mudragada writes to Jagan on reservations for Kapus

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Mudragada writes to Jagan on reservations for Kapus

Former minister and Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham wrote a letter to AP chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday asking him to extend the five percent reservations to the Kapus in the state.

Padmanabham referred to the Central government’s statement in Parliament about extending 10 per cent reservations for the Economically Backward Sections (EBS). The former minister said that the Central government had said that the state governments have the choice to extend the 10 per cent EWS reservations as per their lists.

The former minister said that the AP government had in 2019 passed an Act giving five per cent reservations to the Kapus. Hence, Padmanabham wanted the chief minister to give the five percent reservations to the Kapus in education and employment.

Padmanabham said that the Kapus have voted for the YSR Congress in the last 2019 elections and would vote for the party in the next election if the five per cent reservation was given to them. He also said that people, including Kapus, respect late NTR and Dr YSR who worked for the welfare of the people.

The former minister wanted Jagan Mohan Reddy to give the reservations to the Kapus and fulfil their long pending dream. He said that people of the Kapu community were waiting for the Jagan Mohan Reddy government to give them the benefit at least now.

It is now to be seen what the Jagan Mohan Reddy government would do on the key issue as he prepares for the 2024 big battle.

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What’s behind Mudragada’s meeting with BC and SC leaders?

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What’s behind Mudragada’s meeting with BC and SC leaders?

Is the political scene in Andhra Pradesh changing? Is another political force going to enter the fray in the state? Will this emerge as the proverbial third force in the Telugu state? These are the questions that are cropping up after the meeting that Kapu patriarch Mudragada Padmanabham had with the leaders from the BC and SC communities.

Mudragada, who is known to spearhead Kapu politics and is leading a movement for Kapu reservations in AP, had a very significant meeting at his residence in Kirlampudi of East Godavari district. No…. it’s not a meeting of the Kapu leaders from various parts of the state. For a change had invited leaders from non-Kapu communities for the meeting.

On Sunday, convener of the twin Telugu states’ Settibalija association Kudipudi Suryanarayana and Mala Mahanadu leader RS Ratnakar attended the meeting at Kirlampudi. Mudragada warmly hugged them and invited them to his residence, where the meeting was held. This meeting has suddenly raised the political temperature in Andhra Pradesh.

Speculations were rife over whether Mudragada Padmanabham is mulling a new political alliance. Political observers felt that Mudragada must be thinking of a political outfit as an alternative to both the TDP and the YSRCP. It is a no-brainer that Mudragada is no political pushover. He is a charismatic heavyweight who knows how to play politics. All the other political parties and political watchers are now gathering information about this meeting.

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Implement our reservations: Mudragada to CM

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Implement our reservations: Mudragada to CM

Mudragada Padmanabham, the prominent Kapu leader and former minister, wrote a letter to YS Jagan, CM of Andhra Pradesh, to implement Kapu reservations in the state. One interesting point in his letter is that Kapus voted to YSRCP, despite another party by Kapu leadership in the field. Needless to say, he was referring Janasena of Pawan Kalyan.

It is known news that Chandra Babu Naidu promised reservations for Kapus in 2014 elections but he couldn’t deliver his promise. Of course, there are many legal hindrances in implementing Kapu reservations and it may need the amendment of the constitution also. So, in 2019, Kapus did not vote for TDP and they favoured Jagan, the leader of the main opposition party. Jagan also promised that he will pressurize the central government for Kapu reservations. So, now Mudragada is demanding Jagan to help realize their dream of kapu reservations. Mudragada indirectly referred Janasena in the letter saying, Kapu voters voted for Jagan even though another party by a Kapu leader was in the field. He insisted Jagan act on this demand at the earliest.

We will have to wait and see how YSRCP and Jagan will respond to this.

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Why is Mudragada’s Padayatra being stalled?

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Why is Mudragada’s Padayatra being stalled?

The saga of Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham stepping out of his residence to launch his padayatra to Amaravati, only to be blocked by the cops deployed in Kirlampudi citing that he had not obtained permission from the Police Department is ongoing. Police asking him to seek permission, Mudragada revolting that he will not take permission especially after providing the route map remains as an unchanging pattern.

Several doubts are being raised as to what will happen if Mudragada takes up the march. The TDP leaders are iterating that due to the consequences of the Tuni incident last year, the government doesn’t want to give permission. However, the argument put forth by Kapu JAC is that in the due course of Padayatra for forty days, they will be able to strengthen the Kapus unity and create awareness among them. Consequently, the government is afraid that Kapus will revolt against them massively.

In view of Nandyal by-poll, the ruling party is of the assumption that YSRCP will try to use this Kapu agitation to turn the tables in their favour. In Nandyal, fifty percent people belong to Kapu, Balija and Ontari castes. There is reportedly an active campaign being run to defeat TDP in by-elections among these groups. If Mudragada launches his Padayatra, the strengthen of Kapus will be evident and likewise the government’s failures will be exposed. It might lead to Lathi charge, in case of any unfortunate incidents during the walkathon, ultimately denting the government’s image.

However, reports emerged that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu sought the help of Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan to defuse the campaign. Despite Kalyan during the press conference saying that Mudragada should be allowed to do Padayatra, the Kapu leader wrote an open letter asking the former not to trust Chandrababu. This did not go down well with the supporters of Jana Sena. They are allegedly suggesting the Kapu leader to write a letter to Jagan who did not mention about Kapus in his Navaratnalu, instead of writing to Kalyan.

Nevertheless, the support for Mudragada from the Kapu community is increasing. The establishment of Kapu Corporation, releasing funds to the corporation, announcements regarding Manjunath Commission by the government weredone only when Mudragada announced or launched a protest. Mudragada had emerged a strong face of the caste.

TDP has been constantly accusing that Mudragada is backed by Opposition YSR Congress Party. The Kapu leader taking a strong objection on the accusation that he is being supported from Jagan Mohan Reddy and Raghuveera Reddy, questioned how much did Chandrababu being opposition leader in 1994 pay to Kapu’s when they started a massive movement that year. He even asked if the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu took permission for Padayatra when congress was in power in 1994.

While Kapu leaders state that they are not asking for something new but what was promised in election, the ruling party leaders argue that they are in favour of Kapus reservation but against the improper format of Padyatra.

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TDP putting the screws on Mudragada

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TDP putting the screws on Mudragada

Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham said that the will be going ahead with his Padayatra from July 26 despite police officials denying permission. Demanding reservations for Kapus, through this Padayatra, he will cover 116 villages in 4 districts beginning from Kirlampudi to Amaravati.

At this juncture, AP CID had filed 69 separate cases during the Tuni arson where protesters burnt Ratnachal Express train, Tuni police station, police vehicles and injuring several cops. Speculations are rife that Mudragada is cited as A1 accused in 12 charge sheets of the 25 for inciting violence during the Kapu Garjana Mahasabha held in East Godavari district in January2016.

It may be recalled that the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu during his Padayatra before elections assured reservation to Kapus and also included the same in the manifesto. After forming the government, despite several letters from Mudragada requesting to fulfil the promise, there was hardly any progress. So, he launched a Kapu Garjana Mahasabha which was attended by 15lakh people in 2016. As the public address was going on, some agitators crossed the line, ultimately resulting in violence.

Police officials and later CID have conducted extensive investigations and finally charge sheets were prepared. However, the case is suddenly gaining pace especially with Mudragada going ahead with his Padayatra, consequently leading to criticism now. CID filing the petition in special court is also raising several eyebrows.

This is not something new in the country and many such incidents have taken place. Some of the zealots on several occasions lose the context of a social cause and opt violent measures. Courts often considered such incidents as mass hysteria. The court did not hold any individual responsible but it did support the arguments of some people backing the agitators. Often such acts are not premeditated acts or pre-planned. Judges held the partakers directly involved in these events responsible, instead of the organisers of the meeting.

In the Thuni Arson, the government declared that the anti-social elements entered the meeting. The government failed to recognize these anti elements who came in large number of vehicles. Accusing Mudragada for the entire event is atrocious and merely an act of retaliation by the government. The government should take the necessary steps when meetings on such large scale are being conducted. Especially they shouldn’t be rigid in deploying police forces.

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