Chief Minister and YSR Congress president, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, had been naming his rivals as the four evil forces (Dushta Chatushtayam).
This tag is drawn from Mahabharata, where Dhuryodhana, his brother Dushyasana, his friend Karna and his uncle Sakuni are called as the four evil forces.
The phrase – Dushta Chatushtayam – is very popular among the people as the epic Mahabharata too is popular.
He equated his rivals – TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, Eenadu owner Cherukuri Ramoji Rao, ABN Andhra Jyothi owner Vemuri Radha Krishna and TV5 owner B R Naidu – as the four evils who conspire against the rivals and do all evils.
Jagan Mohan Reddy says that these four evils in Andhra Pradesh were conspiring against him as the original four evils conspired against Pandavas.
People in Andhra Pradesh have taken this title given to them by Jagan Mohan Reddy.
There needs no explanation to give every name whenever Dushta Chatushtayam is pronounced by the YSR Congress leaders or its chief.
Quite interestingly, Jagan Mohan Reddy referred Ramoji Rao and Radha Krishna as Maricha and Subahu, initially.
Both Maricha and Subahu names were taken from another epic, Ramayana. These two are demons and siblings and related to Ravana.
They fight with the rivals invisibly as they are not seen. Without being seen outside, they destroy everything to please their king Ravana.
Jagan Mohan Reddy drew a parallel and said that Ramoji Rao and Radha Krishna are destroying the state and trying to destroy the YSR Congress like Maricha and Subahu, who can’t be seen.
In other words, while Chandrababu Naidu fights the battle in the front, Ramoji Rao and Radha Krishna fight the battle without coming to the front.
This too went well down the lane in Andhra Pradesh but Jagan Mohan Reddy had swiftly added TV5 Naidu and teamed them up as Dushta Chatushtayam.
And now at the plenary, Jagan Mohan Reddy had named these four evils as gang of four dacoits, which too went well among his supporters.