Generally, people think that leaders of rival political parties are bitter enemies and they do not see eye to eye. But more often than not, this rivalry is confined to politics but not to the business dealings.

There are instances of leaders from rival political parties running joint business ventures and this has once again turned out to be true in a case of a Telugu Desam Party leader from Kadapa, who has secret business dealings with a YSR Congress party MLA from Anantapur district.

According to highly placed sources, the TDP leader, who is considered to be a favourite leader of his boss in Pulivendula, is running a gambling club, where big money is in circulation by card players.

This TDP leader, along with a former minister who is presently in the Bharatiya Janata Party from Kadapa, is said to be making a lot of money by running gambling clubs at Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

The TDP leader also has close relations with the ruling party leaders of the mandals in Anantapur which are closer to his village of Pulivendula constituency.

This YSRCP MLA from Anantapur is very active on social media and gives a build-up that he is always among the people, resolving their problems. He gets big publicity in various local media channels for his activities.

This man has been maintaining friendly relations with the TDP leader from Pulivendula and involved in their common business interests, irrespective of their respective party affiliations.

There were rumours that this TDP leader, who has close acquaintance with the YSRC MLA of common Anantapur district, had run a gambling event in the MLA’s guest house till recently.

Apparently, the TDP leader felt that if the gambling den is operated from the guesthouse of a ruling party MLA, the police won’t be able to take any action on their activities.

It is learnt the TDP leader is paying a rent of Rs 3 lakh to the MLA for allowing his guest house to be used for the purpose.

Needless to say, the close friendship between the TDP leader and YSRC MLA has come as a shock to the party workers of both the parties!