Veteran Kapu leader and former MP Chegondi Harirama Jogaiah was highly critical of power star and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan before the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.
He frequently wrote letters to Pawan on various issues, which irritated the latter.
Jogaiah alleged that Pawan Kalyan had betrayed the faith of the Kapu community by accepting just 21 assembly seats from the Telugu Desam Party as part of a seat-sharing alliance, at a time when he was being projected as a prospective chief ministerial candidate.
Though Pawan Kalyan ignored Jogaiah’s letters, he expressed his irritation a couple of times during his election campaigns.
Without naming the veteran Kapu leader, the Jana Sena Party chief said there was no need for seniors to give him advice, as they had never stood by him in troubled times.
After the TDP-Jana Sena-BJP alliance won the elections with a massive mandate, Jogaiah remained silent for a few days.
On Friday, he resumed his old habit of writing letters to Pawan Kalyan and giving unsolicited advice.
While congratulating Pawan Kalyan for the massive victory along with the TDP in the elections, Jogaiah expressed hope that Pawan Kalyan and Chandrababu Naidu would steer the state towards progress by giving equal importance to welfare and development.
However, Jogaiah offered a piece of advice to the Jana Sena chief. He said the schemes announced by the new government should fulfill the needs of the people rather than serving the political interests of the two parties.
He also warned the new government against concentrating all development in one region in the name of the capital city.
He urged Pawan to implement five percent reservations for Kapus, as desired by the community.
Jogaiah demanded that Krishna district be named after Kapu leader Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga. At the same time, he advised Pawan Kalyan not to give up acting in films.
“You can dedicate half of your time in a month to the state administration, while doing films during the remaining days,” he suggested.