The landing of popular political strategist and founder of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) Prashant Kishor, along with Telugu Desam Party general secretary Nara Lokesh, in Vijayawada airport, has been a talking point in the state politics since Saturday afternoon.
Kishor, along with Lokesh, his two close aides M Srikanth and Rajesh Kilaru, besides Shantanu Singh, head of operations at ShowTime Consulting, now affiliated with the TDP came in a chartered flight from Begumpet airport to Vijayawada.
The social media worked overtime to find out how these people came and who has arranged the flight.
According to the reports, the chartered flight belongs to Ritwik Green Power and Aviation Ltd, owned by Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rajya Sabha member C M Ramesh.
Needless to say, Ramesh happens to be Naidu’s loyalist in the past and he still maintains good relations with the TDP leaders. There are many people who believe that Ramesh is actually a TDP mole in the BJP.
The re-entry of Prashant Kishor into Andhra politics has also triggered a lot of debate on the television channels and other media platforms.
According to sources, this is not a sudden development, but the TDP’s top leadership has been in touch with Prashant Kishor for more than six months now.
Though he was not officially engaged by the party, Kishor has been giving tips to Showtime Consulting team led by Robbin Sharma.
“Apparently, Naidu has realised that Robbin and his team are not good enough to bring the TDP to power and he required a big head like Kishor to work out the strategies,” sources said.
