It is quite common to witness “aya rams and gaya rams” jumping from one party to another before any elections.
Those who cannot get tickets in their parent parties will not hesitate to jump into the rival party which they criticized till the other day.
Normally, political parties can admit such turncoats only if they really have considerable cadre support and monetary strength and of course, acceptability in public; and not because of their past glory.
On Saturday, former minister from Anakapalle Dadi Veerabhadra Rao joined the YSR Congress party along with his son Dadi Ratnakar Rao in the presence of YSRC president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in Hyderabad.
But one wonders whether Dadi would be of any help to YSRC in Visakhapatnam. May be Jagan thought Dadi would neutralize the impact of former minister Konathala Ramakrishna, who is all set to join the Telugu Desam Party.
Sources close to political circles in Visakhapatnam say Dadi is a spent force and Jagan should not have taken him into the party. Even if he joins, he should not be given the party ticket to contest the elections.
Dadi had been associated with the TDP for a quite long time and was, no doubt, one of its important leaders in north coastal Andhra. However, over a period of time, he lost his sheen.
He lost the elections twice in 2004 and 2009. In spite of that, he was given the MLC seat by TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu.
But when he was denied the MLC for a second term, Dadi came out of the TDP and joined the YSR Congress party before the last assembly elections. But he could not stay in the YSRC for long, as he did not get any expected prominence there.
So, he quit the YSRC in 2015 making wild allegations against Jagan, saying the latter had no respect for seniors and he was made to suffocate in the party.
Later, he started sending feelers to TDP president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu that he was ready to get back into the party. But, Naidu did not give any response to Dadi.
Frustrated with his failed attempts, Dadi again started attacking Naidu. He even tried to join Jana Sena, but Pawan Kalyan ignored him after realizing that he was of no use.
Now, Dadi is back in the same YSRC party which he had criticized in the past. Jagan should be way of such leaders who have no consistency in their thoughts and ideologies.
Since he has already been joined the YSRC, Jagan should keep a close watch on him before giving him any posts and positions!
