From the past couple of days, rumours have been making rounds in political circles that YSRCP president and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is going to make a shocking announcement on the eve of his father YS Rajasekhar Reddy’s birth anniversary this Monday ( July 8th).
As per these reports, Jagan Mohan Reddy is going to resign as Pulivendula MLA and contest as Member of Parliament from Kadapa Loksabha constituency. This is because Jagan is not happy with the recent electoral performance of YSRCP in the assembly elections of Andhra Pradesh. It is a known fact that his party was relegated to just 11 seats out of 175 and bagged a massive embarrassment for failing to secure even the Opposition status due to historic defeat.
Reportedly, Jagan came to an opinion that he can face Chandrababu Naidu and also keep the CBI and ED cases at bay only if he consolidates his ties with the centre. Moreover, he also wants to make his wife Bharathi to lead the party in the state if he faces an arrest in the near future as the CBI court ordered day to day hearing in his cases. So, he wants to pitch in Bharati or his mother YS Vijayamma from Pulivendula MLA seat.
Meanwhile, Avinash Reddy is likely to resign as Kadapa MP and vacate the seat for Jagan to contest in the by-election. Jagan is very confident that he will win as MP with a thumping majority and send a strong signal to his opponents and also Delhi bosses. As Narendra Modi’s NDA government secured a slender majority, Jagan wants to play a pivotal role in the national political scene. Hence, he has reportedly came to this shocking decision.
Surprisingly, the YSRCP sources didn’t condemn this news as false so far. So, there is a talk in media circles that the news is from a credible source close to Jagan Mohan Reddy. It would be interesting to see if he makes any such announcements today as he will attend the birth anniversary ceremony of his father YS Rajasekhar Reddy in Idupulapaya today morning.
