Kismets of the mega actor-brothers have reversed as far as politics is concerned.
Till yesterday when, megastar Chiranjeevi who was a Union Minister is in the city, his house was always crowded with political leaders, visitors and fans. In direct contrast was star brother Pawan Kalyan, whose house had a muted and deserted look with hardly anyone around.
The most recent general elections have upturned their fortunes.
Today while Mr Chiranjeevi’s house is deserted, Pawan Kalyan’s house is crowded with top political leaders. Newly elected MLAs and MPs of the TD and the BJP are queuing up in front of his house to express gratitude to him for his poll campaign supporting the TD and the BJP candidates.
Both Mr Pawan Kalyan and Mr Chiranjeevi are actor-turned-politicians. After the elections, the TD in Seemandhra and the BJP at the Centre came to power which boosted Mr Pawan Kalyan’s image.
Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi himself gives a buzz to Mr Pawan Kalyan and thanked for his support in the elections.
In his honour, TD chief N. Chandrababu Naidu hosted a lunch. Seeing the upswing in his fortunes, several MPs and MLAs including Murali Mohan, Maganti Venkateswar Rao, K. Hari Babu and others rushed to convey their good wishes and thanks.
As recently elected BJP and TD MPs and MLAs and leaders are showing appreciation to Mr Pawan Kalyan for his backing, his brother Mr Chiranjeevi is not giving him any credit.
Mr Chiranjeevi while speaking to the media on Monday said that there was no ‘Pawan Kalyan effect’ on the Congress in the recent general elections and further said that all over the country the Congress got a negative response.
Mr Chiranjeevi said they would make every effort to strengthen the party from rural to urban level. He said there were many motives including state bifurcation for the debacle of the Congress.
Quite a few TD and BJP leaders are planning to use Mr Pawan Kalyan in getting political posts as he is on close terms with Mr Naidu and Narendra Modi. However, his supporters vehemently denied it.
On Monday, defeated candidate from Sangareddy Assembly constituency Jagga Reddy met Mr Pawan Kalyan and announced that he would work with Jana Sena Party which was floated by Mr Pawan Kalyan.
People needed committed leaders like Mr Jagga Reddy, said Mr Pawan Kalyan.He further said that he was looking forward to working with him. Mr Pawan Kalyan said he would announce the future plans of the Jana Sena Party soon.
Rajnath Singh, the BJP national president has extended an invitation to Mr Pawan Kalyan to participate in the NDA meeting which is scheduled on Tuesday at Delhi.