Pawan Kalyan's Janasena party, after forming an alliance with the BJP, discloses its candidates for the Telangana Assembly polls. The diverse list includes M Umadevi, the sole woman candidate, as the parties aim for an impact in the November 30 elections. The alliance gains momentum with political collaboration and strategic seat-sharing.
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00:00 Hello there, my name is Pankaj Mishra, with me is my colleague Ansh Pandey and this is
00:04 the latest update from Telangana Assembly elections for 2023. Well, the state is voting
00:09 on 30th of November, Ansh and obviously one critical aspect that is doing rounds is the
00:15 tie-up between Jana Sena and the BJP. Now this is a very important tie-up I would say
00:21 and very charismatic in a way that in the state of Telangana, Jana Sena is siding with
00:28 someone else. In the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh, Jana Sena, Pawan Kalyan has
00:32 found a different partner altogether. But the news that is coming in is that Jana Sena
00:38 has announced the name of eight candidates and it has kept in mind the name of a woman
00:45 candidate, someone belonging to the Scheduled Tribe community also. And the way Pawan Kalyan
00:53 has been promoting its party, sitting side by side with Prime Minister Modi, the visuals
00:58 doing rounds on social media and flagging all across the television channels is something
01:02 which is a messaging that Pawan Kalyan, the leader of Jana Sena with a massive massive
01:09 groundswell support when it comes to his popularity, this time around he has chosen the BJP as
01:16 the alliance partner. Ansh. Well, indeed Pankaj and if you see, so this is a festive season
01:22 and not just festive season, this is also a festival of democracy and in this festival
01:26 of democracy on 13th of November, the people of Telangana are going to vote and BJP has
01:32 signed up with Jana Sena, that is Pawan Kalyan's party for the elections. Okay. But the road
01:40 for BJP has not been so good here. Let me tell you why. For the first thing, in 2021
01:45 BJP was seen as a force that everyone should have kept in their mind that yes, BJP has
01:50 a chance to take on KCR and his party BRS when they won around, when it came like the
01:55 second largest party in the Hyderabad municipal polls but the situation since then has not
02:01 been good for BJP. Earlier it was a three way fight Pankaj between Congress, BRS and
02:06 BJP but all the opinions polls showing a neck to neck fight between Congress and BRS whereas
02:11 BJP has shrunk maximum. Now why does that happen? Well, many are saying that this is
02:18 because BJP sacked Bandi Kumar Sanjay from the state president position and that's why
02:23 BJP has gone to Pawan Kalyan for a sign up but here's a question Pankaj, why do you think
02:30 Pawan Kalyan is siding up with BJP here and why BJP has found it necessary to go on with
02:35 Pawan Kalyan? Well, see it's a mutually exclusive, mutually beneficial I would say,
02:41 event for both the parties. BJP, you are right, Bandi Sanjay when he was unceremoniously removed
02:47 as the BJP Telangana Pradesh president, that was the time when it was clear that all is
02:55 not well with BJP as far as Telangana is concerned and especially after the drubbing in Karnataka,
03:02 the ripples were definitely felt in Telangana as well. So for BJP there was all the more
03:08 reason to find someone which has a ground support which does not require because the
03:14 removal of Bandi Sanjay and all the political hectic activity happened what, just I believe
03:20 one and a half or two months ago? Yes. So that is not enough time for a new leadership
03:27 or a new person who comes at the helm of affairs to go to the grass root level, make, connect
03:33 with the people, mingle with the masses, convince them to vote for them, to topple a government
03:39 which has been there since the inception of the state of Telangana that is the BRS, earlier
03:43 it was called TRS, Telangana Rashtra Samiti, now it has become Bharat Rashtra Samiti BRS
03:48 led by KCR who is the chief minister as of now. So for BJP it was a given chance that
03:54 yes Pawan Kalyan who has been in the political fray, he is a very noted actor also of Tamil
04:03 cinema and also a social media magnet if I may say so because his followers, his following
04:09 also in the state is immense, immense when you talk about you know the popularity. So
04:14 BJP got a vehicle basically to make inroads into the electorate of Telangana where it
04:20 failed to reach because of the political squabbles for Pawan Kalyan. Now this is a critical question,
04:25 Pawan Kalyan independently hasn't been able to make the mark and somehow in the by-polls
04:33 that happened you know in Telangana in the I presume in 2022 itself, the performance
04:41 once again barring one seat, BRS was not able to make any cut. Pawan Kalyan too tested waters
04:47 at that time but again Jana Sena was mired with controversy at that time with certain
04:54 issues local issues which gained momentum at that particular point of time. So for Pawan
05:00 Kalyan to find acceptability and also to project himself on a larger than life image, BJP
05:09 was the right vehicle. So that's why I say it's like a mutually beneficial you know
05:13 mutually symbiotic relation that both the parties have gotten into. Talking about the
05:19 faces and the names which is a quick update for our viewers. Jana Sena as we just mentioned
05:26 has come out with names of 8 candidates for Telangana elections and M Uma Devi, the lone
05:33 woman candidate to contest from Aswaropeta SD constituency. Jana Sena Telangana in charge
05:40 Shankar Gowda set to be fielded in Tandoor segment. Party has also released the list
05:47 of candidates obviously for November 30 elections. M Prem Kumar nominated for Kukatpally. Mekala
05:55 Satheesh Reddy from Kodad. So other candidates include M Ramakrishna, L Surendra Rao, Lakshman
06:01 Gowda and Sampath Nayak. So Pawan Kalyan basically you know has been very instrumental when it
06:09 comes to the Telugu politics and his persona, his you know the sway that he holds on the
06:18 people is something that people connect with also. Having said that one of the states Telangana
06:23 is a very recently you know carved out state. 2014 it came into existence. It was a part
06:29 of Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh politics again is something which also has a bearing
06:35 on Telangana and I believe just now Mr. the former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu
06:42 has come out of jail on a reprieve for 4 weeks which is a one month break from the jail and
06:48 that also somehow is being seen Janasena although has chosen to side with TDP in Andhra Pradesh
06:56 which again makes it you know a simple arithmetic whether a tie up with the BJP in Telangana
07:03 and a tie up with the TDP in Andhra Pradesh will bring TDP and BJP together. Well this
07:10 has indeed put BJP in a tight position Pankaj if you see. BJP has still not forgotten what
07:16 has happened with them in 2018 when a no confidence motion was brought in and Chandrababu Naidu
07:22 was in support of that no confidence motion. Absolutely. Yes and after that in 2019 the
07:27 elections happened and Chandrababu Naidu was reduced to a minimum and now when he has come
07:32 out of jail he is I think you have seen that Chandrababu Naidu is trying to woo BJP back.
07:40 He is trying to woo BJP back. He is trying to appease them back. So what do you think?
07:44 Can Pawan Kalyan somehow bring BJP and Chandrababu Naidu back together? Well see I mean that
07:50 is for you know times to come obviously 2024 is an important year not just for the country
07:58 because there are assembly elections but also if you know if you remember Andhra Pradesh,
08:04 Odisha are some of the states that also had their assembly elections coinciding with the
08:10 Indian national elections. So it is very important as of now and Chandrababu Naidu you know facing
08:15 the as political pundits would say facing the heat from the YSRCP government and Jaganmohan
08:23 Reddy the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh as of now there were so many issues that brought
08:27 TDP and YSRCP head on including the choice of the capital city that is still being debated.
08:35 So all those things did not go in favor obviously for N Chandrababu Naidu because he is not
08:40 in power and the proximity of YSRCP chief Jaganmohan Reddy with the BJP is also not
08:47 hidden but the question here is who is a time tested friend. So N Chandrababu Naidu who
08:52 is facing all sorts of charges, corruption charges, disproportionate asset charges and
08:57 then the graft charges for which he was in jail and he got a reprieve you know for four
09:06 weeks. So this basically brings and puts the you know the positioning of N Chandrababu
09:15 Naidu more willing to join the BJP so that that particular heat of the probe agencies
09:20 is off from him and yes time tested friendship as you have said 2018 the no confidence motion
09:26 where N Chandrababu Naidu's party's vote in favor of BJP actually tilted in it you
09:33 know in the favor of the BJP. So I think yes all the good reasons but we will have to wait
09:39 and watch what happens in Andhra Pradesh in 2024 but needless to say with Pawan Kalyan
09:43 at the helm of affairs sitting side by side with Prime Minister Narendra Modi just a few
09:48 days ago was a message in itself and a long year to year smile also on his face was something
09:53 which is very very clear that yes Pawan Kalyan knows where to put his money and also to you
10:02 know know the pulse of the people whether he is able to translate it into the votes
10:06 or not 30th of November is the time 7 o'clock in the morning we would be there with you
10:11 with all the live updates. Thanks for watching.