HYDERABAD: Several Congress legislators are finding it difficult to keep their cadre happy as they are threatening to switch loyalties to former MP Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy's proposed political party.
As Mr. Jagan continued his tour of Krishna district on Monday, Congress MLAs are coming under tremendous pressure from not only their cadres, but from rivals within the party.
In the Assembly lobbies, Congress leaders were seen animatedly discussing the overwhelming response to Mr. Jagan's tour of Krishna district after which Perini Venkataramaiah, MLA from Machilipatnam, announced his decision to support the ex-MP. Mr. Venkataramaiah called on Mr. Jagan in Pathavajeru in Challapalli mandal in Krishna district along with his followers.
Amidst the complex scenario, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy continued his efforts to prevent the flight of party men.
On Monday, Krishna district Minister K. Parthasarathi along with two Jagan loyalists – Jogi Ramesh and Malladi Vishnu met for talks.
In an informal chat with reporters, the Chief Minister said one or two leaders may go with the former MP. “Nothing will happen with that,” he said adding that party affairs and government were two different subjects.
In a related development, Tribal Welfare Minister P. Balaraju met five MLAs from Visakhapatnam to discuss the fallout of proposed Mr. Jagan's ‘Odarpu yatra' in the district from January 3. After the meeting, they met the Chief Minister conveyed their decision to stay away from the yatra. However, indications suggest that the grassroots level workers were in no mood to honour the request of their MLAs not to participate in the yatra.
Leaders unsure
“We decided against participating in the yatra but are not sure about our supporters,” an MLA from Visakhapatnam remarked.
Congress MLAs said the Jagan factor was haunting leaders from all the three regions. A Congress MLA from north coastal Andhra feared that his supporters would not hesitate to ditch him, if he failed to take a decision soon.
Rivalry within the Congress was making matters worse for the legislators, as they were waiting for an opportune time to switch sides.
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