AP CM Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSRCP finds Super Star Rajinikanth a soft target. It is known that Super Star Rajinikanth attended the Sr NTR's centenary celebrations organised grandly by TDP in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. Rajinikanth attended the function as he reveres Sr NTR a lot and shared good bonhomie with him and many fond memories.
Though TDP planned to arrange for a special flight for Rajinikanth, Rajinikanth remained apolitical and went to Vijayawada as a common passenger traveling in an economy class flight. During the speech, he made clear that he wishes to be apolitical and doesn't want to touch any politics.
He even many times asked whether he is speaking right or wrong. In the process, he remembered how he became a fan of Sr NTR and how he drew inspiration from NTR's performance in Patala Bhairavi and its connection to his first film as a hero in Bhairavi. He also recollected how he played the role of Duryodhana on stage drawing inspiration from NTR's performance as Duryodhana in Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam.
He then lauded the vision of Chandra Babu Naidu and spoke highly of the way he developed Hyderabad city and also his vision for 2047. But this infuriated YSRCP leaders and followers who started abusing Rajinikanth. Right from Kodali Nani, Roja, and others started abusing Rajinikanth using obscene words.
Many feel that Rajinikanth spoke about facts and YSRCP leaders unable to digest them are attacking Rajinikanth as they find him a soft target. The way Roja, Kodali Nani, and others are accusing Rajinikanth of attending these functions for money as he was not having money and sitting idle in Chennai, is making Tamil Tambis furious. Had Rajini really been interested in money, he wouldn't have refused the special flight offer by TDP sources. They should remember that Rajini even made fun of Balakrishna talking about his unbelievable scenes in films.
Right-thinking people feel that YSRCP is attacking Rajinikanth to deviate from the anti-incumbency wave they are facing from the public and also the reverses they are facing at various courts regarding YS. Vivekananda Reddy's murder case involving Avinash Reddy.