Yellow media is known for luring the unsatisfied minds from their opponent groups.
When Sharmila wanted to start a new political party in Telangana, it was only the yellow media that gave her thumping support.
But media support itself cannot decide the fate of a state like in the 1980s. The People are with awareness now due to social media. That's the reason Sharmila couldn't even make any impact so far in the politics of Telangana. There is no talk about the opposite force of TRS other than BJP which is yet to prove its strength.
Now the same yellow media is encouraging Brother Anil, the evangelist, for his hasty decision to start a political party in Andhra Pradesh.
Gone are those days when Sharmila and Anil are recognized as the daughter and son in law or YSR respectively. The generation has passed. Now they have the only identity as the sister and brother in law of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
When they are upset with Jagan Mohan Reddy and starting new parties, the people of Andhra Pradesh would consider Jagan Mohan Reddy as the right leader who is not encouraging nepotism.
Well, on the contrary Chandrababu was known for backstabbing the father in law to grab the party and encouraging his inefficient son in the name of nepotism.
The Voters look at things differently but not in the angle of how yellow media tries to show.
If Brother Anil gets into the trap of yellow media he has to lament down the line.
Let us look into the prospects of Anil in another way. He came to popularity only after becoming the son in law of YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
KA Paul who was more popular as the evangelist turned politician in the state, could not procure even the satisfactory votes in 2019 elections from the Christian community in the first place. In that case how can Brother Anil pull any traction?
Moreover, there is no emotional connection between Brother Anil and the voters. Everybody knows him only as an evangelist. So, his target voters are only the Christians. The majority of Christian voters are more loyal to YS Jagan Mohan Reddy than any other evangelist in the state.
So by all means, the political move of Brother Anil proves to be a futile effort. It is the nature of yellow media to encourage the dissatisfied people from YS Jagan's family. But the sane minds escape such traps. Hope Brother Anil is applying his mind.
PC Sebastian
