American Elections is a thing of past. Forget Obama, Balayya is here.

The political situation in Andhra (please don't object to my use of Andhra for Andhra Pradesh) is as spicy as its famous pickle Avakai. Matinee idol Nandamuri Balakrishna aka Balayya has made his political arangetrum in a grand filmy style at the just concluded Yuvagarjana (meaning the roar of youth).

Unlike his father, the great Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Balakrishna is not a great orator. Though he carries the grace of his father, he hasn't been able to utilize it to the max. It's not fair to compare him with NTR, but of late, Balakrishna has downgraded himself by doing a lot of crap movies. Nonetheless, he has a huge fan following in villages and towns.

The sudden entry of Nandamuri clan in support of Telugu Desam Party is an attempt to lift the sagging spirits of the party workers after Chiranjeevi started Praja Rajyam party. As expected, none of the Nandmuri tribe members accepts this and retorts that they are here to serve the party started by NTR and make his dreams come true. Acha! These are the same people who ditched NTR a decade ago.

It all started with Chandra Babu Naidu's (CBN) son and Balayya's daughter marriage in 2007. Since then, it's all been Nandamuri's show. With his close associate Devendar Goud too joining the Telangana bandwagon and Chiranjeevi factor looming large, CBN had no option but to fight glamor with glamor. Hence, he tried to be a mediator to mitigate differences among the Nandamuri family members, especially between NTR Jnr. and others. Currently, NTR Jnr. has more following than any other Nandamuri heros, after his grandfather. However, a rift over allocation of party ticket to his close associate has made NTR Jnr. skip the maha Yuvagarjana.

Coming back to today's public meeting in Guntur, more than 10 lakh people attended it making it the biggest public meeting ever in India (as claimed by TDP). Everyone was uncertain over Balayya's ability as a public speaker due to his notorious past. But today, Balayya was close to his best. I forgot to mention that Balayya has got great voice and is famous for rendering heavy and lengthy dialogs in films.

He was successful in delivering what was expected of him by CBN and his fans. Ably supported by Harikrishna, who would walk past him to give the leads of the next topic to be covered, Balayya covered all the burning problems. Accidentally, he blamed the Congress government (state govt.) for the loss of software jobs while eulogising CBN for sowing the software seed in the state.

On the whole, it was a pretty successful and morale boosting session for TDP and would help in posing new challenges to Congress and Chiranjeevi. Yummy, the political scenario is getting spicier. I'm loving it!

PS: Balayya looks awesome on the hoardings and flexi boards.