Pawan Kalyan reached Delhi, will meet big leaders of BJP
Amaravati (IANS)| Actor-politician Pawan Kalyan is in Delhi to discuss Telangana politics with BJP leaders. Jana Sena Party (JSP) leaders, who were on a tour of Udaipur, reached the national capital on Sunday night. JSP Political Affairs Committee President Nadendla Manohar has also joined Pawan Kalyan in Delhi.
Pawan’s visit to Delhi assumes significance in view of the recent political developments in Andhra Pradesh and his unhappiness with the state leadership of the BJP.
The visit is also significant because his suggestion of a broad front to oust the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) from power did not elicit a response from the BJP.
Pawan Kalyan’s Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President J.P. Nadda and other central leaders of the party are likely to meet.
They are likely to discuss their strategy for next year’s assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.
The BJP may also rope in Pawan Kalyan to campaign for the party in the Telugu-speaking regions of Karnataka, where assembly elections are due next month.
The BJP leader is also likely to discuss with Pawan the possibility of an alliance for the Telangana assembly elections to be held later this year.
Pawan had said a few months ago that he was waiting for the BJP’s roadmap to oust the YSRCP from power. He is reportedly keen to join hands with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and wants the BJP to accept his suggestion of a three-party alliance to defeat the YSRCP in next year’s assembly elections.
In recent months, Pawan has supported TDP President and former Chief Minister N. Met Chandrababu Naidu twice.
After a gap of eight years, Pawan Kalyan had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November last year when Modi visited Visakhapatnam.
Pawan Kalyan supported the TDP-BJP alliance in the 2014 state assembly and Lok Sabha elections. The Jana Sena did not contest the elections, but the actor campaigned for the alliance and addressed a few public meetings along with Modi and Chandrababu Naidu.
–IANS
