Political uncertainty costs Jayaprada’s very much

Veteran actress and former Samajwadi party MP Jayaprada, after expelled from the party has returned to her native Andhra Pradesh state and tried to join one party or the other in the state just before the elections. But, her condition to allot party ticket for contesting to Lok Sabha from her native town Rajahmundry, proved to be a wrong decision as no political party is prepared to offer her that seat. So, after a year-long interval she plans to return to Samajwadi Party through which she earned name and fame and from which she was expelled later.

She convinced party president Mulayam Singh and his son Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of the state for her reentry into party and also an MLC ticket as a welcome gift. But, she was shocked to see her name was removed from the list in the last minute. It is because of Azham Khan, a senior leader of the party, with whom she had political rivalry. He even insisted the party high command not to admit her into the party. Hence, she is in dilemma whether to hang on to the party that has no interest in her or to look for some other alternate political party to continue in the politics.

Earlier, in the last year before general elections, she met Congress party president Sonia Gandhi seeking admission into the party and was reportedly invited by her into party. But, Jayaprada dropped that idea, probably foreseeing the blink future of the Congress party. She may exactly judge the Congress party future, but fails to judge her own political future. As a result, after working in the politics for many years, Jayaprada found herself standing in the cross roads.