YSRCP Leaders Reaction on TDP - Jana Sena List : Who Said What?

After several rounds of negotiations and much dilly-dallying, the TDP-Janasena alliance finally announced the list of candidates who will be contesting the forthcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh. 

The announcement has caused heartburn to many leaders in the TDP camp while Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan is facing criticism for not living up to the expectations of the party cadre. 

Here’s who said what on the TDP-Jana Sena Party alliance’s list

Ambati Rambabu

Reacting to the development, YSRCP leader and minister Ambati Rambabu said Pawan Kalyan has betrayed the trust of his cadre. He said JanaSainiks were hoping to get 60-70 seats but the party has been reduced to a laughable number of 24. 

Terming Jana Sena shameless, he said Pawan Kalyan is now misleading his cadre by asking them to assume that they are contesting on 40 seats, while in reality, the party got only 24 seats. Describing it as Jana Sena leader’s failure, Rambabu advised Pawan Kalyan to go back to movie-making rather than holding Chandrababu Naidu’s palanquin in the elections. 

“It is better for Pawan Kalyan to merge his party with TDP, just like his brother Chiranjeevi merged his Praja Rajyam Party with the Congress. TDP + JSP alliance is a big gimmick. Nobody has any clarity. They themselves are not sure whether the BJP is in alliance with them or not,” Ambati Rambabu said. 

RK Roja

Another YSRCP leader Roja asked Pawan Kalyan if he could share the details of the package deal that he got for agreeing to settle for only 24 seats. She asked how much money did he get for insulting his party cadre? 

She said JanSainiks are in a state of utter disbelief that their leader has bowed down to Chandrababu for just 24 seats and compromised the interests of the Kapu community. She added that even Nara Lokesh, who lost as an MLA in 2019 elections, got a ticket in the first list but not Pawan Kalyan.

“You don't have the courage to fight CM Jagan alone, hence you cobbled up an unholy alliance. Even though so many days have passed, still there is no clarity. The confusion over seat distribution is so evident. The collapse of TDP-JSP is imminent,” Roja asserted. 

.@PawanKalyan కు కనీసం పావలా శాతం సీట్లు సాధించలేకపోయాడు.

-మంత్రి ఆర్కే రోజా#TDPJSPCollapse pic.twitter.com/rsp1TPSufi

— YSR Congress Party (@YSRCParty) February 24, 2024

Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy

Expressing pity over the miserable condition of Pawan Kalyan, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, who is an advisor to the Andhra Pradesh government has said Jana Sena leader has degraded himself by accepting those (24 assembly ) seats that were discarded by Naidu. Blaming the lack of political will of Pawan Kalyan, Sajjala warned the Jansainiks that Naidu will exploit the inexperience of their leader and field his party candidates in the remaining Janasena seats as well. Addressing the fans and party cadres of Pawan Kalyan, he said, “This is the biggest betrayal of all times.”

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