The recent elections to the assembly and parliament in Andhra Pradesh have come as an eye-opener for actor-turned-Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan.
The party had won just one seat – Razole in East Godavari district by a few hundred votes margin, that, too, not because of the craze for Pawan Kalyan but due to personal image of the candidate Rapaka Vara Prasad. It is only a matter of time that Vara Prasad takes a plunge into YSRC.
The Jana Sena lost deposits in as many as 120 seats out of 137 it had contested.
Pawan Kalyan himself had to bite the dust in both the constituencies he had contested – Bhimavaram and Gajuwaka.
His dream of entering the assembly to raise his voice on the issues of public concern was shattered.
Pawan seems to have realised that politics is not a child’s play nor is it a place for so-called values and principles.
He might have been proud for the sake of his own personal satisfaction that he had not fought the electoral battle by distributing money or selling tickets, but heart-in-hearts, he felt that there is no place for such ideals in politics.
The question is what Pawan will do now – whether he will go back into political oblivion for four years before waking up in the last year before the next elections or begin revamping of the party from grassroots level and build it up as an alternative to the YSRC by next five years.
The Jana Sena chief is holding a meeting of his party leaders at his office in Vijayawada on Monday to chalk out his future course of action.
Apparently, he wants to be in politics for another two decades, irrespective of whether the party wins or loses.
His first objective is to see that the Jana Sena wins at least a few hundred local bodies which are expected to go to polls by next month.
Depending on the outcome, he will come out with his action plan for the next five years, party sources said.
