Is Mudragada moving closer to Chandrababu?

Vijayawada: Is Mudragada Padmanabham trying to move closer to Chandrababu Naidu. After YS Jagan’s plain talk that Kapus can’t be given reservations due to the 50 per cent ceiling on quotas, Mudragada appears to be extending an olive branch to Chandrababu.

He has proposed that instead of passing the buck to the Centre, the TDP should create BC F category for the Kapus and get caste certificates issued to Kapus from the tehsildars. He is suggesting that Chandrababu use his powers and do what he can for the Kapus. On Friday, he said it was for Chandrababu to resolve the issue since it was he who had made the promise during the 2014 elections.

Some political watchers wonder that Chandrababu himself may have warmed up to Mudragada and made him put forth this proposal. It may be part of a plan to woo back Kapus. By accepting Mudragada’s proposal, he can claim to have fulfilled the Kapu demand. Even for Mudragada, there is no other way as he had already burnt his bridges with YS Jagan. So, it’s a mutual benefit scheme between both Chandrababu and Mudragada.