Congress leader and former minister, Vatti Vasanth Kumar met Pawan yesterday at Ambedkar Bhavan in Visakhapatnam and that caused curiosity among political circles.
Pawan Kalyan is currently in Vizag and planning for North Andhra tour from 20th May. Vatti Vasanth is senior politician. He was the one who advised Chiranjeevi not to come into politics in 2009 because both YSR and CBN are very strong at the moment (remember his famous advice to Chiranjeevi? rendu enumula Madhya vastunnav, naligipothav. Obviously he was referring strength of YSR and CBN by saying rendu enumulu or two buffallos). Even though Chiranjeevi invited him into PRP he did not join and continued in Congress and also one as MLA from Unguturu constituency defeating Kotagiri vidyadhara Rao from PRP. He was also minister in Kiran Kumar Reddy cabinet. He represented Unguturu constituency twice.
Vatti Vasanth’s meeting with Pawan assumed significance as he has very good name in West Godavari district. Actually YSR CP party as well as Sakshi TV announced several times in the past that he is all set to join YSRCP party. Even YSR CP circles were expecting him to join their party or at least extend his support to Jagan padayatra in Godavari districts. However by meeting Pawan Kalyan it seems he sent a clear signal that he is not going to join YSRCP.
However, when media asked what transpired between Pawan Kalyan and him, he told that he was there just to greet Pawan Kalyan as they have relations with Mega Star Chiranjeevi family. Vasanth also from Kapu community and in fact Hero Sai Dharam Tej is very closely related to Vatti Vasanth. He is related to Sai Dharam Tej as his father and Vasanth are cousins.
Moreover, in recent times, when Sri Reddy issue with Pawan Kalyan happened and Pawan started war with media, Vatti Vasanth Kumar gave an open statement that he will be supporting mega family in this issue. Now, even though he is saying he met Pawan just to greet him, rumors are rife that he might consider leaving the Congress party which has no future in Andhra Pradesh and join Jana Sena.
We will have to wait and see how future events turn.
