Starting as a Left-leaning politician influenced by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has taken a hard Hindutva turn. This is how and why the Jana Sena Party chief is trying to be the Yogi Adityanath of the South.

Pawan Kalyan’s stand on Sanatana Dharma in the wake of the Tirumala temple laddoo controversy saw him forming a new party wing, the Narasimha Varahi Brigade, aimed at taking people who speak disrespectfully about Sanatana Dharma on social media and elsewhere to task.