Amaravati: With a couple of months to go for elections in Andhra Pradesh, the arrest of former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in alleged talent growth case and the investigations in opposition to him, his son Nara Lokesh and a few former ministers in a number of circumstances has despatched ripples within the opposition Telugu Desam Social gathering (TDP).
The arrest of the TDP supremo by the Crime Investigation Division (CID) and his judicial remand have come as a giant setback for the TDP, which was making an attempt to bounce again after the crushing defeat by the hands of YSR Congress Social gathering (YSRCP) in 2019. The arrest got here at a time when Naidu and his son have been within the midst of intensive mass contact campaigns, focusing on the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led authorities.
Naidu was arrested from a bus by which he was taking relaxation in Nandyal after addressing a public assembly as a part of ‘Babu Surety-Bhavisyathuku Assure’, a mass contact programme launched by him on September 1.
The 45-day-long marketing campaign was aimed toward reaching out to three crore individuals to clarify how the tremendous six schemes introduced by Naidu will present them monetary sustenance, safety and a shiny future. He promised that the schemes might be applied as soon as the TDP is elected to energy.
The celebration was upbeat with good public response to this programme. This was the most recent marketing campaign launched by Naidu after enterprise related programmes ‘Badude Badudu’ (blow after blow) and ‘Idemi Kharma Mana Rashtranniki’ (what destiny has befallen our state) had evoked great response from individuals.
Lokesh’s ‘Yuva Galam’ (voice of youth) Padayatra was additionally drawing good crowds.
The TDP common secretary, who launched the 4,000 km padyatra on January 27, has already coated almost 3,000 km.
Now with Naidu in jail and the CID additionally searching for his custody within the Amaravati Internal Ring Street case and Lokesh additionally below CID scanner for his position in Talent Growth Company, Internal Ring Street and AP Fibernet circumstances, the TDP might discover it tough to proceed the momentum. It will enhance the YSR Congress Social gathering (YSRCP) to go all out to retain energy.
Then again, Naidu might attempt to play the sufferer card to garner public sympathy. “It would all depend upon how issues play out within the coming months and the way the events carry the narrative ahead,” stated political analyst Palwai Raghavendra Reddy. He identified that Jagan Mohan Reddy had lengthy been making an attempt to focus on Naidu and at last after a number of makes an attempt he succeeded.
The timing of Naidu’s arrest can be important. It got here at a time when TDP was on an upswing, driving on varied campaigns focusing on the YSRCP authorities. The stakes are excessive for TDP within the coming elections as 73-year-old Naidu has already declared that this might be his final electoral battle.
The TDP chief minces no phrases to focus on Jagan. In virtually each public speech, the previous chief minister calls him a psychopath, factionist, corrupt and legal. Naidu, in his speeches, additionally goal Jagan over the 16 months he spent in jail in disproportionate belongings circumstances.
“Ever since Jagan floated YSRCP, the celebration needed to face the taunt of being led by a person who had gone to jail. Now with Naidu too going to jail, Jagan has tried to convey him to the identical stage,” stated Raghavendra Reddy.
The YSRCP might now hit again at TDP with the counter that its president had additionally gone to jail. If Naidu will get bail within the Talent Growth Company case, he could also be arrested in different circumstances. A sign to this impact got here when the CID filed a petition within the court docket searching for Naidu’s custody within the Amaravati Ring Street case.
The ruling celebration may additionally attempt to deny a possibility to Naidu to play the sufferer card by referring to the court docket order. “The YSRCP might say that it has nothing to do with Naidu’s arrest. The CID registered a case and arrested Naidu and it was the court docket which despatched him to judicial custody after it happy itself with the fabric offered,” the analyst stated.
Elections to Andhra Pradesh Meeting are scheduled to be held in April-Might subsequent 12 months together with Lok Sabha polls. The YSRCP has dominated out going for early elections. Within the 2019 elections, YSRCP stormed to energy by bagging 151 seats within the 175-member Meeting. The TDP had completed distant second with 23 seats. The YSRCP had additionally captured 22 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats.