Every party has a decision-making committee. For instance, Congress has the AICC, and TDP has its Politburo.
Any decision, even one made by the party supremo, is discussed in a meeting involving all key leaders before being announced after careful contemplation.
However, such a system has been completely absent in YCP since its inception. Even after 14 years, there is no structured decision-making committee in the party.
If Jagan were unavailable, a decision-making committee would have played its role—if one existed.
The TDP Politburo meeting is scheduled for the 31st of this month to discuss alliance strategies and address the declining public opinion of the government.
Chandrababu Naidu regularly conducts Politburo meetings and teleconferences to engage with party leaders from time to time.
In contrast, this practice has always been absent in YCP, both when Jagan was in power and after the party’s defeat. This lack of collective decision-making has been criticized even by YCP’s own members.
Jagan has always made decisions independently and simply instructed his close aides to implement them. He rarely consults senior party leaders or seeks their input on important matters.
After the election defeat, Jagan has started meeting some people and granting appointments—something that was nearly impossible earlier.
He is now engaging with neutral groups as well. Moving forward, he may need to study how TDP’s Politburo functions to introduce some discipline and momentum within YCP.
