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Nara Lokesh. (Nara Lokesh/ Facebook)
TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh’s attempt to win the people’s mandate from Mangalagiri in 2019 resulted in a pathetic failure. Yet he is carrying a “red book” in his road show, the 4,000-km Yuva Galam, across the length and breadth of Andhra Pradesh.
An alumnus of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon universities in the US, Lokesh knows about the relevance of having a red book, which he often flashes during his yatra.
The book contains names of government officials, especially police officers, against whom action should be initiated immediately after the TDP returns to power in Andhra Pradesh. The officials, Lokesh says in a heavy tone, have caused inconvenience to him during his ambitious yatra and created hurdles bypassing the law.
Y Rishanth Reddy, the Superintendent of Police in Chittoor, tops the list. The IPS officer fell out of the TDP’s favour after he booked N Chandrababu Naidu and other party leaders for fomenting violence in Rayalaseema during the TDP supremo’s visit to irrigation project sites.
Lokesh has a roadmap to punish the officials ready. Once back in power, the TDP will appoint a judicial commission, strip the officials off their uniforms, and dismiss them from service before putting them behind bars. Sounds harsh, doesn’t it?
While critics scoffed at Lokesh saying his assertation smacked of overconfidence and immaturity, a section of TDP leaders felt the move has given the TDP scion a tough and rugged image.
Political rivals often refer to Lokesh as Amul Baby or Pappu. The TDP leader has been trying his best to change the image of being soft. However, one has to wait till the 2024 poll results to know if he succeeds in his image makeover bid.
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