Leaving behind his celebrity status, Jana Senani has taken the extreme step of doing ‘padaabhivandanam’ to BSP supremo Mayawati. It came as a surprise to political circles. Pawan Kalyan is not his usual self ever since he took a total plunge into AP politics. He has dedicated himself to the cause of mobilising and uplifting the poor and the downtrodden sections by leading a true social revolution in the state. But he has tied up with BSP whose reach is limited and whose leadership is facing allegations of corruption.

Analysts say Jana Senani is following a strange path to realise his ideological goals. His dependence on the Bahujan Samaj Party is seen as an effort to get support from the dalit vote bank. It is being described as just a regular political strategy on the part of Pawan like any other party to win the elections. It is not fitting into his larger ideological framework.

Right from the beginning, Pawan said his party would stay in the arena and fight a long-drawn struggle over a span of 25 years. His alliance with BSP was certainly a clever move but his all-out effort to please Mayawati sent out a politically wrong signal. All said and done, Jana Sena is a greater force in AP politics than BSP. Mayawati may be an experienced leader but Pawan should have confined himself to a few words of praise rather than making a public display of his admiration and adoration.