Vijayawada MP Kesineni Srinivas has been indifferent with the party leadership ever since the party was defeated in the 2019 general elections.
He won the election for the second consecutive term, while the party lost. More than the party’s defeat and his own victory, Kesineni is jubilant with the defeat of his arch rival, Devineni Umamaheswara Rao.
The humiliating defeat of the party and Devineni Uma, had given an upper hand to Kesineni in the party affairs.
He is teaching them a lesson or two now for the kind of humiliating treatment that both Chandrababu Naidu and Devineni Uma gave him in the last four years in the party.
His victory and the rival’s defeat had given him a chance to give them the return gifts to the leadership. He is not depending on Chandrababu Naidu anymore now.
He is enjoying his victory by giving no interview to Chandrababu Naidu, who did not give him interview for two years in the past.
Kesineni defied the party’s decision to vote for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the Parliament citing his consciousness. The party could not ask him for explanation leave alone taking disciplinary action for going against the party’s decision.
He did not meet the party chief in the week end after the Parliament session and did not offer to give his explanation for not supporting the government.
As if this is not enough, he joined the Left parties’ sponsored protest in Vijayawada against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, the other day.
While Chandrababu Naidu and his TDP MPs are supporting the BJP government on the CAA, Kesineni is going against the decision and even taking part publicly in the protest rallies, thus throwing a challenge to the leadership.
The TDP chief who claims of discipline in the party turns a blind eye to Kesineni. The other leader, Devineni Uma, who was called Junior Chandrababu by the party leaders in the last five years, is not able to question Kesineni or even raise his finger at him.
The former minister, more interestingly, is not able to turn his eyes at the Kesineni Bhavan these days, giving the pleasure of victory to Kesineni.
