After the YSR Congress party received a serious drubbing in the by-elections to Nandyal assembly seat and Kakinada Municipal Corporation elections, party’s firebrand MLA and actress R K Roja has virtually gone silent.
Except making a few comments on twitter, expressing her unflinching loyalty to YSR Congress pary president Y S Jagamohan Reddy and declaring that she would continue to sail with him till her last breath, Roja has not made any open statement in her typical aggressive style, attacking Telugu Desam Party or its president N Chandrababu Naidu or his son Lokesh.
There is a talk that Jagan himself has asked Roja to go mute, as his advisers Prashant Kishor and team reportedly told him that Roja’s campaign had had adverse effect on the party prospects in Nandyal.
Especially her controversial comments against the TDP leaders including Tourism minister Akhila Priya has caused considerable negative impact on the women voters.
At the same time, Roja is said to be in the Prashant’s list of the MLAs who have been neglecting their constituencies and facing the danger of losing their seats. Apparently, Roja has been considering herself a state-level leader being close to Jagan and took her constituency easy.
Following Prashant’s advice, Jagan told Roja not to become overambitious and concentrate on her Nagari constituency. So, for the last few weeks, Roja has been extensively touring the constituency, taking up their issues and trying to be with them.
She is not even to her favourite place Tirupati Press Club, where she used to address press conferences very frequently. It is better Roja maintains this style and focus on her constituency.
