 Soon, he moved a little up the ladder and cultivated Ramakrishna Hegde, plying the Janata Party leader with money and muscle power at a time when that party was badly in need of both funds and muscle power, because Indira Gandhi was trying to destroy the Janata politicians.Thanks to Ramakrishna Hegde, Adikeshavulu got many arrack contracts at high price and made a killing.Some part of the money was funnelled back to his politician friends.