YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy seems to have decided to step up attack on his bete noire Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in a more aggressive fashion.
Those who watched Jagan attacking Naidu from the dais of the public meeting at Nandyal were surprised at the way he tore apart the chief minister.
Earlier, he used to call upon the people to throw the government in Bay of Bengal, but on Thursday, he went to the extent of saying that Naidu should be shot dead on the road in broad day light. And he also used all sorts of epithets to abuse Naidu personally.
Analysts say this aggression of Jagan might be appealing to his party cadres and his followers, but there is every possibility that it might also cause a lot of damage to him politically.
“There is nothing wrong in attacking Naidu government’s policies and even use strong words to expose his corrupt deeds. But making personal comments against Naidu asking people to shoot him down on streets might prove counter-productive to him politically,” a political analyst said.
Already, the TDP leaders have started turning tables on Jagan for speaking factionist language.
“In politics, criticizing the government and its policies by the opposition parties is very common. But asking the people to kill the chief minister only shows his violent mentality. It clearly proves what kind of criminal background Jagan has,” a senior TDP leader observed.
