Jana Sena's Pawan Kalyan has undergone a shift in his political stance, and sensing this change, the TDP has become alert.
Recently, Chandrababu Naidu faced criticism for deviating from alliance principles, and there is speculation that he may be following a similar trajectory.
On Republic Day, Pawan Kalyan announced that Jana Sena would contest in the Rajolu and Rajanagaram constituencies, regardless of Babu's stance.
This decision caught the TDP by surprise, leaving them in a quandary.
The party believes that responding to Pawan could create one set of problems, while not responding might lead to another.
In light of this, the TDP has reportedly given explicit instructions to its constituency-level leaders, according to reliable party sources.
The TDP high command is orally instructing its leaders to engage independently in political moves, ignoring the alliance with Jana Sena.
Party leaders sense that an alliance with Jana Sena could pose an unpredictable danger rather than being beneficial. They feel that allocating at least 30 Assembly and three Lok Sabha seats to Jana Sena might result in significant losses for the TDP.
Consequently, the TDP high command's directives are giving new strength and confidence to the TDP cadre in those two constituencies. TDP leaders in other areas also expect that similar directives would come for them as well.
The emerging sentiment within the TDP's young leadership is gradually expressing that Jana Sena's association with Pawan Kalyan poses a continual threat, suggesting that it might be better to sever ties now and fight alone to secure victory.