Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu and YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy are like opposite poles in the Andhra politics. Those who like Chandrababu Naidu definitely hate Jagan; and those who support Jagan strongly oppose Naidu.
But here is the person who loves both Naidu and Jagan. She is Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna, the beautiful daughter of actor-producer-director Mohan Babu. Participating in a chat show with a television channel, Lakshmi went ga ga over Chandrababu Naidu. “In my half an hour interaction with him, I was amazed with his personality. He is the only leader that has a clarity and vision about the state. He is so straightforward and oozing with ideas,” she said.
When it was pointed out that her father Mohan Babu had differed with Naidu and came out of the Congress party, Lakshmi said: “that was the past. My father is also very much fond of Naidu,” she said.
Asked about her impression on Jagan, Lakshmi was all praise for him.
“I appreciate his guts and the way he has taken up the challenge to stand on his own feet. I am floored by the way he impresses the people,” she said.
How can she like both the leaders who are diagonally opposite to each other? Lakshmi’s answer is simple: “I am an outsider to politics. So, I like the qualities in both.”
She also made it clear that though she is closer to YSR family by virtue of the relationship (her brother Vishnu is married to YSR’s neice Veronica), she has her own likings and dislikings in politics.
