Jana Sena Party (JSP) president Pawan Kalyan on Thursday announced that he would contest from Pithapuram Assembly Constituency (AC) in Kakinada district. Speculation has of late been rife that he might jump into the fray in Bhimavaram or as an MP candidate from Kakinada, but he declared himself as the JSP-TDP-BJP candidate from Pithapuram Assembly Constistuency, which came as a nasty surprise for the TDP aspirant and former MLA S.V.S.N. Varma for obvious reasons.
Mr. Kalyan pointed out that he was under pressure to contest from Pithapuram in 2014, but the party itself opted out of the elections in order to support the TDP-BJP alliance, while saying that he would soon take a decision about the suggestions to compete for membership of Parliament. All this is against the backdrop of Mr. Kalyan’s personal defeat in both Bhimavaram and Gajuwaka, where he contested in the 2019 elections.
