Chintapandu Naveen Kumar, more commonly known as Teenmaar Mallanna, recently gave a tough fight against TRS, from the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda constituency, in the recently concluded graduate MLC elections.

Mallanna has always maintained that he does not wish to join any party, or be affiliated with any party, and recently reiterated these feelings when talking to the media recently. He also told the media that he got an opportunity to join the BJP, but passed it on. However, Mallanna had interesting things to say about YS Sharmila’s party.

Mallanna said that Sharmila has a good chance of winning in the state if she put in enough hard work, and he even expressed his belief in Sharmila working very hard, as she had put in immense work when Jagan went to jail. Mallanna also said that the people of the state are very familiar with Sharmila as she went on several padayatras in the state.

Mallanna even said that Sharmila could get a lot of votes in the state, if she manages to invoke her father’s legacy, and if she manages to put in the right kind of effort towards it. What’s interesting in his statements about her party though, is that he said that he’s willing to work for her, if he were approached by her. Mallanna said that TRS is being unreasonable by trying to evoke the sentiment of the Telangana region in the state, to work against Sharmila, when KCR is trying to be a part of National politics.