Pawan Kalyan faces flak for siding with TD leaders

Vijayawada: Actor turned politician Pawan Kalyan is getting a lot of flak for meeting Telugu Desam ministers and MLAs and not those of the Opposition parties, during his district tours.

A close follower of the Jana Sena chief said that instead of having a meeting with minister Paritala Sunitha, he should have staged a protest about the problems the state faces, particularly after meeting disgruntled farmers on Sunday.

The associate said that if Pawan Kumar wants to ally with the TDP he should do so later, closer to the time of elections. “We tried to convince him of this but he is following his own way,” the associate concluded.

Mr Pawan Kalyan has been indicating his approval of the ruling parties in both the Telugu states, when, according to a section of his party, he should be questioning the ruling parties on public issues, which is what his party had promised to do. Of course, the situation in Andhra Pradesh is a little different as Mr Pawan Kalyan was part and parcel of the TD’s success in the 2014 elections.
Later, he sent out signals that he intended to be independent. A Jana Sena leader said Mr Pawan Kalyan could do well if he stayed independent but he doesn’t dare do so.