Rise of Jana Sena Party scripted by ‘Power Star’ – from 2019 poll ashes to 2024 glory
Like a scene straight out of one of his films where he pulls back from the brink to prevail over the villains, the 55-year-old actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan, dubbed “Power Star”, seems to have pulled off a similar feat in Andhra Pradesh’s political arena with his Jana Sena Party (JSP) achieving a 100% strike rate against various odds – winning all 21 Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats it contested as part of the NDA alliance – in the just-concluded simultaneous polls in the state.