Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away today, and several surprising aspects have come to light.
The most shocking is that he is the father of current AP Cabinet Minister Nadendla Manohar, the number two leader in the Jana Sena Party.
Surprisingly, there has been no tweet of condolence from Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Another shock is that Nadendla Manohar himself is a minister in N. Chandrababu Naidu’s alliance cabinet, yet there has been no condolence message from him either.
Even Nara Lokesh, who recently wished Vijayamma on her birthday, did not post any condolence message regarding the demise of Nadendla Bhaskara Rao.
Pawan Kalyan, despite surgery, has been responding to others’ tweets. It has already been four days since his minor sinus surgery, and he could have attended the funeral of Nadendla Bhaskara Rao to console Manohar.
At the very least, he could have tweeted a condolence message, but he did not.
The incident of the political coup against N. T. Rama Rao by Nadendla Bhaskara Rao happened decades ago. Continuing that rivalry even now seems unusual from Chandrababu Naidu’s camp.
However, the irony is that Pawan Kalyan has no personal rivalry with the Nadendla family. In fact, he shares a close friendship with Manohar.
Yet his silence raises questions and even leads to speculation that his social media account may not be entirely under his own control, but TDP is handling it.