The dust has settled with the T bifurcation and we now we have our politicians running helter- skelter and weighing their options as to which party should they join for sustaining their political careers. Out of the many we have our Tadipatri ex. Congress leader J. C. Diwakar Reddy who has had fallout with the Congress and went on to the extent of calling Madam Sonia as mentally ill- is now busy wooing the TDP! He was shown the door by YSRC party Jagan Mohan Reddy and now he has reached the doors of the Telugu Desam Party.

It’s a known fact that the Paritala family who are long standing TDP loyalists and the JC family have had a long standing bad blood after the murder of Paritala Ravi and him being one of the co-accused which of course was dismissed by the CBI and he was let off. Paritala Sunitha has strongly opposed this move to take JC and his brother along with Payyavula Keshav, MLC Govind Reddy and ex-MP Kaluva Srinivasulu. It has also been told to Mr Naidu by the TDP activists from Tadipatri that the amount of bloodshed that has been spilt by the faction between the JC brothers and TDP party activists is a clear indication that he is not wanted in the TDP. We need to see what call the TDP Supremo would take regarding this.

Another unwanted entrant into the TDP is Mandali Buddha Prasad- who has had a strong legacy of Congress loyalty including his father Mr Mandali Venkata Krishna a Congress MP and leader himself. His home constituency Avanigadda has witnessed a sea change in the political equations and surprisingly he has shifted his loyalty from Congress to TDP. TDP has always enjoyed a strong loyalty by its party workers at the all the cadre levels and with these new faces from outside, has left the party workers disgruntled and apprehensive about the adulteration in the party ethics and code.

As said earlier the political disturbances in the state have seen many long standing loyalists change colours for a prolonged political life. It now remains to see how Mr Naidu will avoid discoloration of his party and hope that desperation doesn’t set in!