The flamboyant Congress MP from Vijayawada Lagadapati Rajagopal has a penchant for playing to the gallery. In the process, he comes up with new and weird antics.
Whether it was taking on the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao by putting up a "fake hunger strike" or making allegations against the YSR Congress Party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the industrialist-turned-politician practices a unique brand of politics.
Now, he is in the process of projecting himself as the champion of the united Andhra Pradesh cause. After inflicting a huge embarrassment on the UPA leadership by serving a notice for no-confidence motion against the government on the bifurcation issue, Lagadapati has come up with a strange argument while attacking the decision to divide the state. He says that the Congress party is not at fault but it was the mistake of the high command to divide AP.
It is a strange logic. How can the high command be different from the party? Looks like Lagadapati has become immune to logic and reasoning.
He says that he is a loyal Congressman but in the same breath asserted that it was time for the "UPA government to go as it has lost public confidence."
A senior party MP saying these words right in front of the Parliament House shows the pathetic situation that the Congress finds itself in.
The Vijayawada MP made it clear that they would not withdraw the notice for no-confidence motion, come what may. The emissaries of the party President Sonia Gandhi including her political adviser Ahmad Patel called up the rebel Seemandhra MPs and tried to persuade them to withdraw the no-trust notices but in vain.
"We have said a firm no to their overtures. We are only reflecting the sentiments and aspirations of the people of Seemandhra. How can they decide to divide the state with general elections being round the corner? How can they play with the lives of the people of Andhra Pradesh just for the sake of some votes and seats?," Lagadapati questioned.
