The latest statement from Jana Sena Party chief and power star Pawan Kalyan that his party would not have electoral understanding with any other party in the coming assembly and Lok Sabha elections left the Left parties in tizzy.
In his twitter message, Pawan categorically declared that Jana Sena did not need the support or alliance of any other party.
“We have enough strength and popular support. We shall display our tremendous force (in the coming elections),” he said.
Now, that has left the Communist parties – CPI and the CPI (M) – in a state of confusion.
All these days, they had been hoping that they would have an alliance with Jana Sena and would be allotted some seats in the next elections, so that they could retain their identity at least to some extent.
They have been extending all kinds of support to Jana Sena, including organising rallies and arranging crowds to his meetings etc. Even Pawan told them that his party would work together with the Left parties.
However, after seeing the crowds to his meetings and rallies and the number of big leaders joining Jana Sena, Pawan seems to have thought his party can win the elections easily on his own with a big margin and therefore, he did not need any support.
So, he did not utter a word about the Left parties while issuing the statement that his party had enough strength to show in the next elections.
A section of leaders close to Pawan said he might have issued a statement keeping in view the speculations doing rounds about his party’s possible alliance with the YSR Congress party headed by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
He was upset with the reports that both the parties had even struck a secret deal on seat sharing.
“His statement was only deny these speculations. Jana Sena is still a friendly party of the Left. The issue of seat sharing and alliance even with the Left has not been discussed at this stage,” a Jana Sena Party activist said.