All of a sudden, TDP boss Chandrababu Naidu called and held special talks with Addanki MLA Gottipati Ravikumar in the party headquarters. This has raised lot of curiosity in political circles. Is Gottipati the next target of CM Jaganmohan Reddy in his current mission to strip TDP of its opposition party status? Already, Gannavaram MLA Vallabhaneni Vamsi resigned from the TDP following harassment by the police and the local YCP leaders.

Gottipati Ravikumar and his family members have got business interests in granite mining. Recently, the Jagan Reddy government turned its focus on this. The vigilance department officials have conducted enquiries on the granite quarries and its allied polishing industries. They have also submitted a report to the government. It’s expected that serious action will be taken against the quarries belonging to TDP MLA if he doesn’t surrender to the YCP.

There is also caste angle to all this. CM Jagan has given indirect orders to the Ministers and MLAs to identify and cancel approvals of the mines and other units belonging to one particular caste persons. It’s because this caste is inseparably associated with the TDP. Just like in the case of Vamsi, Jagan is going to achieve his dual goals of casteist and political harassment against Gottipati as well.