Everyone seems to be deserting the sinking ship that the Congress is. After the worst ever drubbing it received in India and in Andhra Pradesh in particular, some of the diehard Congress fans too are looking sideways.

The latest on that list, according to an English daily, is Congress election-in charge for Andhra Pradesh, Chiranjeevi. Reportedly, the actor-turned-politician is contemplating joining BJP. Interestingly Chiranjeevi was keen to quit Congress and join the Saffron party even before the commencement of elections, but Congress' shrewd move of making him election-in charge, put a stop to the actor's plans.

His sibbling and Jana Sena Party founder Pawan Kalyan's proximity to PM designate Narendra Modi is well known. This, it would seem, has tempted Chiranjeevi to make the move. Reportedly, even Pawan tried persuading his elder brother to ditch the Congress, which is but a spent force.

BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu is said to be mediating Chiranjeevi's shift to BJP.

Before elections, Chiranjeevi's former Congress colleagues Purandeswari and Kavuri Samba Siva Rao had also shifted allegiance to BJP from Congress.

-Siva@Sakshipost