VIJAYAWADA: In a surprise move at forging Kapu-Dalit unity in Andhra Pradesh ahead of the general elections,

president Pawan Kalyan led a delegation to Lucknow on Wednesday where he met some of the

(BSP) leaders. Though he wanted to meet BSP supremo

, the meeting didn’t happen as she was ‘unavailable.’ Accompanied by senior leader and former speaker

and a team of students from Osmania University, Pawan Kalyan spent the whole day in Lucknow interacting with the senior leaders of the BSP, besides a few intellectuals working on social issues.

According to people close to Pawan Kalyan, the Jana Sena chief is trying to build relations with the BSP ahead of elections in two Telugu states. The sources said Pawan had invited the BSP to contest the assembly elections in Telangana and AP in alliance with the Jana Sena.

Pawan had offered to help the BSP in the two States giving highest priority to the neglected sections. “The Jana Sena has been working on giving due representation to the neglected sections and found that BSP too is working on the same lines. The visit today, was just to further strengthen the relationship between the Jana Sena and BSP,” a senior leader of the party told TOI.

Pawan Kalyan had been targeting the two dominant and ruling communities in AP – Kamma and Reddy – and had been advocating unity among other social groups. He is also welcoming the progressive persons from these two communities and the attempt to align with the BSP ahead of the elections is to push forward its work in the two Telugu states ahead of the elections.

The JSP chief visited Dr Ambedkar Memorial in Lucknow where he emphasised the need to build accountability in politics. Paying tributes to Dr Ambedkar, the Jana Sena chief regretted that the rulers were disrespecting the Constitution. “A promise given to the people of Andhra Pradesh on the floor of parliament by a Prime Minister is now conveniently ignored,” Pawan Kalyan observed.