As a Politician, one need to criticize the status of another Politician to gain popularity and Balakrishna is following the same rule. Balakrishna chose his On-Screen rival Chiranjeevi to shoot his powerful statements. In a TV interview, Balakrishna pitied the Political status of Chiranjeevi by speaking about Chiru's political entry and the later circumstances of merging up of PRP into Congress. He further stated that, "Chiranjeevi is passing his days by avoiding people."
Even in 2009 elections, Balakrishna never commented a single hard statement on Chiranjeevi but as soon as he turned out to be a Politician, Balakrishna started his rivalry with Chiranjeevi. Balakrishna and Chiranjeevi are having cold war right from their film career but they never exposed this issue to the media but now as in the Political arena the ambiance between these two stars in heating up. Everybody's eyes are on the counter attack from Chiranjeevi.