Vijayawada: The fans of Prince Mahesh Babu and Yuva Samrat Akkineni Nagarjuna are jubilant for the reason that their heroes have joined the “winning horse”, the Congress.

Unlike the Konidela brothers, who are on an experiment with Praja Rajyam Party and the Nandamuri heroes, who are trying to bring back the past glory of the Telugu Desam, the heroes, Mahesh Babu and Nagarjuna are riding on the winning horse, according to the fans.

Though the Congress is branded as a Reddy party (Telugu Desam as Kamma party and PRP as Kapu Party), the Kamma leaders from the Krishna and Guntur districts are now moving close to the Congress. The support being extended to the Congress by the families like Akkineni and Ghattamaneni from the film world adds additional flavour to the families of Parvataneni, Devineni, Kavuri, Rayapati, Maganti and other Kamma names is giving acceptability to the Congress for other Kammas to follow suit.

The entry of Daggubati family into the Congress has turned out to be an additional advantage for the Congress in Krishna and Guntur districts. In fact, Purandhareswari’s success in the Congress as Union Minister is seen as an opportunity given to the community by the Congress.

These two factors – entry of Prince Mahesh Babu and Yuva Samrat Nagarjuna on one side and Daggubati family on the other – are luring Junior NTR into the Congress. Some of the Junior NTR fans in Vijayawada have already initiated discussion on their hero turning to the Congress. It is now only matter of time for other leading Kamma families to come close to the Congress.

How many of them will come to Congress before the elections is to be seen as the days roll out.