The Jana Sena Party (JSP) founder president Pawan Kalyan, on September 14, announced that the Telugu Desam Party-JSP combine will contest the elections in 2024. It appears that Mr. Kalyan did not make any off-the-cuff statement immediately after meeting the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is lodged at Rajahmundry Central Prison on his 14-day remand for his alleged role in Skill Development scam.
The actor-turned-politician, Mr. Kalyan, seems to make good of the “weak position” of the TDP and its leader Mr. Naidu for his electoral battle, and also wants to claim a bigger pie.
The 2024 election is crucial for him as it will be a herculean task for him to keep his flock together and maintain tempo until the 2029 elections if he loses the steam now. He needs the TDP support, especially in East and West Godavari districts, to win some seats and enter Andhra Pradesh State Assembly in 2024. In those districts and Uttarandhra, Kapus form politically significant numbers. Mr. Kalyan focussed his attention on those districts.
