Synopsis: Did Jagan Mohan Reddy belittle Chiranjeevi when he was the chief minister? Actor-politician Nandamuri Balakrishna claimed that Jagan did not show the respect due to the Tollywood legend. Chiranjeevi, however, differed, much to the glee of the YSRCP.

The mercury in the political barometer shot up in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Thursday, 25 September, when Hindupur MLA and film actor Nandamuri Balakrishna made remarks that apparently belittled Tollywood legend Chiranjeevi.

Balakrishna was reacting to BJP MLA Kamineni Srinivas, who recalled that the then Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had allegedly insulted a Chiranjeevi-led delegation of film industry leaders in 2020. Srinivas portrayed Jagan as deriving sadistic pleasure from putting others down, while prais

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