Hyderabad, June 27 -- The custodial death of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada has provided the Opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) an opportunity to tap into growing discontent among sections of the Kapu community, who are already upset over Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan's perceived indifference to their concerns.

Following the custodial death of the Kapu youth, the YSRCP has, over the past few days, aggressively sought to project that the Jana Sena Party, which came to power with alliance partners - the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - on the strength of Kapu support, is no longer adequately representing the community's interests.

A politically influential community in An...