TV9’s Futile Attempt For Sai Reddy’s Image Makeover

Along with Rayalaseema, the Nellore district has always been a strong forte for the YSR Congress since its inception. It is always the case with Congress and the same has been passed on to YSR Congress after YSR’s demise.

In the 2014 elections when TDP won, the party could only manage three seats out of the ten in the district.

In 2019, the party drew a blank here.

But then, Nellore is one district where the change first began.

We have seen YSR Congress sitting MLAs like Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy, Anam Ram Narayana Reddy, and Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy leave the party and join TDP one year before the election. Recently, we saw Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy, the strong man of the district for YSR Congress join the TDP.

These joinings indicate a wave for TDP like never before in the district.

To contain the damage, Jagan airdropped Vijayasai Reddy in Nellore from Vishakapatnam. This is a damage control step akin to fielding YS Vijayalakshmi from Vishakapatnam Parliament in 2014.

But then, Andhra Pradesh people never had a good impression of Sai Reddy. He was an auditor of Jagan and Second Accused in all Jagan’s cases.

He was planted in Delhi by Jagan to liaise with the Central Government to delay the cases. As a result, Jagan nominated him twice to Rajya Sabha.

The public usually has a very low image of such people. They may be useful in the political parties’ back offices but never shine in electoral politics.

Sai Reddy is facing the same problem right now. All of a sudden, they tried for an image makeover by giving an exclusive interview to TV9.

TV9 Rajinikanth is a master of such manufactured interviews. He is known for interviewing politicians to tamper with public perception before elections.

There were attempts to showcase Sai Reddy as a leader rather than someone who brokers things for Jagan in Delhi.

Sai Reddy used to use the crudest of languages on social media earlier. Some of the interview responses aim to showcase himself as someone soft.

But then, the response appears like the interview has been largely unsuccessful.