One of the political tactics used by Jagan Mohan Reddy is the ability to manipulate his supporters and leaders to abuse Chandrababu and Lokesh on a personal level. In fact, Jagan himself has made highly derogatory comments about Babu and Pawan Kalyan multiple times.
On this note, here is a story about Ippala Ravindra Reddy, who was once a vocal supporter of YCP and an activist for the party on social media. Prior to 2017, his social media handles featured extremely vulgar comments and posts against Chandrababu and Lokesh. Several of these posts contained harmful language and allegations against Bhubaneswari and Brahmani as well. He was even arrested in 2017 for these social media posts.
However, the same Ravindra Reddy happened to meet IT Minister Nara Lokesh today. This wasn’t a one-on-one meeting, but rather a collective meeting with a professional cause.
Ravindra Reddy is reportedly a key member of the Cisco delegation that met Lokesh today. The company is providing key tools and apparatus for the enhancement of the skill development project initiated by the government. They will provide keynote presentations and inputs regarding artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other crucial sectors of the skill development initiative.
It just so happens that Ravindra Reddy is part of the Cisco regional team, and he met Lokesh in an official capacity.
However, as soon as pictures of Ravindra Reddy meeting Lokesh surfaced on social media, there was a huge outburst from Telugu Desam cadres and supporters. On one hand, they are questioning the audacity of Ravindra to meet Lokesh after having abused him personally and even getting arrested for it in 2017.
This issue blew up quickly, leading to a massive outburst on social media. Considering that Telugu Desam supporters and activists are already anxious and disgruntled about the lack of adequate action against several YCP leaders and henchmen, Ravindra Reddy’s meeting with Lokesh added fuel to the fire.
However, government reportedly was quick to react, as the concerned authorities sent an email to Cisco requesting the exclusion of Ravindra Reddy from the operation.