Pawan Kalyan to resume poll campaign from October 1

Vijayawada: Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan would resume his poll campaign styled as ‘Varahi Vijaya Yatra’ by starting its fourth phase from erstwhile Krishna district on October 1.

Jana Sena political affairs committee chairman Nadendla Manohar held an online tele-conference with the party leaders from the region on Monday and announced a tentative schedule for Pawan Kalyan’s tour through various Assembly segments.

The Yatra would begin from Avanigadda and proceed to Machilipatnam, Pedana and Kaikaluru. The party would soon finalise the complete tour schedule.

Pawan Kalyan is resuming his Yatra shortly after his recent announcement of a poll alliance with the Telugu Desam. It is expected that the Telugu Desam leaders and supporters would extend their support to Pawan Kalyan’s yatra.

Though Pawan Kalyan had announced plans for a joint action committee involving leaders from JS and TD, to formalise a common front against the ruling YSRC, the Telugu Desam leaders are preoccupied with the legal battle to bring Chandrababu Naidu out of judicial remand, on bail, from the Central Prison.

The Jana Sena chief is taking the stand that the arrest of Naidu was illegal and he hopes to win the support for his campaign from a cross-section of the people. He is also expected to raise the issue of how he was troubled by the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government that sought to stall his entry to AP to meet Naidu after his arrest.

While Pawan Kalyan drew sizable crowds during his previous phases of the Yatra, he still carries the stigma of a failed politician – in view of the near-total drubbing his party received in the last general elections.