For the last few days, there have been reports only about the internal turmoil within the YSR Congress party following party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s move to drop several sitting MLAs and reshuffling the constituencies of others.
As the elections to the Andhra Pradesh state assembly are fast approaching, the boat of ruling YSR Congress party led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is showing signs of shaking, if the latest resignations and open disgruntlements in the party are any indication.
As the selection of YSR Congress party candidates by its president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is creating ripples in the party, many disgruntled and discarded leaders are preparing ground to jump into either Telugu Desam Party or Jana Sena Party.
Surprising as it might sound, YSR Congress party legislators belonging to Reddy community in Palnadu district are said to be lobbying for the retention of the sitting MP from Narasaraopet – Lavu Krishna Devarayalu, who belongs to a Kamma community.
Till a few days ago, there was a talk that former minister and Prominent Kapu leader from East Godavari Mudragada Padmanabham will join the YSR Congress party.
Senior YSR Congress party MP Vallabhaneni Balasouri, representing Machilipatnam parliamentary constituency, resigned from the party after realising that he is not being given the party ticket either for Lok Sabha or the state assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.
As YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is going all out in discarding party MPs and MLAs who stand no chances of winning as per the survey reports, the opposition Telugu Desam Party is seeking to lure some of them, who has potential to upset the calculations of the ruling party.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and chief minister A Revanth Reddy has given his first media interview after taking over the reins of the state to Andhra Jyothy and ABN-Andhra Jyothy managing editor Vemuri Radhakrishna as promised a couple of days ago.
It was only last week that YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy reshuffled the assembly constituencies of several party MLAs to improve their winning prospects.
The election season is 'ON' in Andhra Pradesh, and each party is boasting its confidence of winning.
Morusupalli Sharmila, the sister of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, has officially joined the Congress party and is now poised to lead the AP Congress in the current situation.
Those who have been watching Brother Anil Kumar, husband of Y S Sharmila, going to Delhi and holding negotiations with the top Congress leaders for the last few days are given the impression that he, too, is going to join the Congress party along with his wife.
There are tweets from leaders of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party suggesting that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal may face arrest in the morning following a raid at his home.
Senior YSR Congress party legislator from Vijayawada (Central) Malladi Vishnu, who has been denied the party ticket to contest the ensuing assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, is likely to follow the path shown by his colleague and Mangalagiri MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy.
The election season has arrived in Andhra Pradesh. Regardless of the party, everyone is busy with fake surveys and false propaganda in their own way.
