Will Jagan Be Left All Alone?

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Most probably, say the political observers. All was well with number of Congress MPs, MLAs and MLCs siding with YS Jagan Mohan Reddy after the untimely death of his father, the former chief minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy. The entire state including the opposition parties had sympathy towards the young MP Jagan Mohan Reddy untill he threw his hat in the ring to become chief minister of AP. While some Congress MPs, MLAs and MLCs even resigned in his support, few others though didn't come out openly, were lending their support indirectly.

The tables have turned against Jagan Mohan Reddy with High Court ordering the CBI to probe in to the allegations against him for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. The sympathy of his follwers and well wishers is fast eroding. In East Godavari district, Ramachandrapuram MLA Pilli Subash Chandra Bose, Kakinada MLA Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy and Anaparthi MLA and Aditya Educational Group (AEG) chairman Nallamilli Sesha Reddy have openly extended their support to YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy. They are openly participating in all his meetings. But in the wake of CBI investigation into 'illegal' assets of the Kadapa MP, Chandrasekhar Reddy and Sesha Reddy may come back into the Congress fold for their political future. Another ardent Jagan supporter Pilli Subhaschandra Bose fell into playing defensive with his wife being faced with allegations of cheating unemployed youth with false promises of providing government jobs.

It is said, some ministers have already advised the two MLAs that it will be better for them to leave Jagan now as action against the Kadapa MP is imminent after the end of CBI inquiry into his illegal assets. As a pressure tactic, the Congress Government has reportedly directed the district officials to keep a close watch on educational institutions of Sesha Reddy. Chandrasekhar Reddy participated in the Rachchabanda programme attended by chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at Jaggampeta recently, which gave scope for speculations about his return to the Congress fold. Dwarampudi Bhaskar Reddy, Rice Millers Association president and father of Chandrasekhar Reddy, is in touch with the Congress leadership to ensure that his son doesn’t leave the party. Going by the latest developments, it may not be far when Jagana Mohan Reddy will have to choose between continuing to fight for his claim to chief minister's post or yeild under pressure from the Congress.