TD prefers ‘old’ Rosaiah to young Jagan as CM

Chief Minister K Rosaiah and Leader of the Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu share a light moment at the launch of a Telugu TV channel in Hyderabad on Th
VV Balakrishna
First Published : 16 Oct 2009 05:16:00 AM IST
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HYDERABAD: The Telugu Desam appears to prefer the septuagenarian Rosaiah as cheif minister to YS Rajsekhara Reddy’s son and young MP from Kadapa Jagan Mohan Reddy.

The reason is not hard to guess. The principal Opposition party believes that it will be better placed to fight the Congress whenever elections are held if Rosaiah is at the helm in the State.

According to TDP sources, for the second time in its 27-year history, the party has decided to adopt a soft stand on a Congress leader in power. When PV Narasimha Rao was the prime minister, the TDP had adopted a soft stand and even did not field its candidate against PV when he contested for the Nandyal Lok Sabha seat.

Even after PV’s death, the TDP demanded that a memorial to him be built in the national capital.

After a long gap, the TDP is being soft on Rosaiah who occupied the chief minister’s chair after the sudden demise of YS Rajasekhara Reddy. Its leaders, including N Chandrababu Naidu, have not so far made any adverse comments against Rosaiah. In fact, Naidu rang up Rosaiah several times during the floods that ravaged five districts.

The TDP leaders only blamed Rosaiah’s colleagues in the Cabinet who are reportedly not cooperating with Rosaiah and insisting that YS Jagan Mohan Reddy be allowed to become chief minister.

The TDP leadership does not want to taste defeat for the third time in a row as and when elections are held. If Jagan Mohan Reddy becomes chief minister, it would be a dicey game as Jagan, being young, might take bold decisions and quickly gain acceptance of the people.

Even as there were widespread protests from flood-victims that Rosaiah failed to effectively manage the flood situation, Chandrababu Naidu did not utter any word against Rosaiah.

Naidu only said that who worked well and who did not did not matter now, as the focus should be on providing flood relief.

At the same time, the TDP is not allowing the Rosaiah Government a free run. It is trying to woo people with service. It distributed flood relief material to around 30,000 families in Kurnool today. The message is clear that Congress Government, if not Chief Minister Rosaiah, failed to provide succour to the flood victims and the TDP is always with the people whether in power or out of it.

According to sources, the TDP is eagerly waiting for the Congress Legislature Party to endorse Rosaiah as the chief minister.


Comments

if the congress delay the desicion on AP CM, that would go as advantage to the TDP. YSR ONLY CONGRESS HERE IN ANDHRA PRADESH - that is the true story all about AP.
By uma
10/22/2009 12:48:00 PM

If JAGAN is not made CM, i will never vote for CONGRESS again, opposition was silent all these days bcz they know that people want JAGAN, No C BABU wants to ignite it....... i voted YSR not congress, i really dont know congress, it was YSR's image, sonia gandhi evaruh she did nothing to our state
By naik
10/20/2009 2:39:00 AM

if congress want to countinue his leadership in andhra pradesh....its possbile with only YS JANGAN MOHAN REDDY a young dinamic leader.peoples of andhra pradesh wants to see him as CM..why sonia gandhi not declaring him as a CM..through YSR ONLY CONGRESS HERE IN ANDHRA PRADESH sonia gandhi must remember it..i cnt wait more...if sonia gandhi has not taken any step ...with me 600 peoples from my village are ready to jon TDP.
By syed niyaz hussain
10/17/2009 1:02:00 AM

lLet God save the Congress.Sonia Gandhi should know what is right & what is wrong for the party. She should also understand the game plan of the opposition paarty leader.Because,politics is not a game of Cricket but a game of Chess, now a days.
By ATUL SHAH
10/16/2009 4:58:00 PM

You don't have to work as a rocket scientist at Sriharikota to understand that TDP wants Rosaiah as Andhra CM. Rosaiah could not even contest in direct elections in the latest assembly elections due to his health demands. YSR with a big heart made a place for him in the cabinet through MLC. Rosaiah is an able administrator, but that is not enough in our politics today. People want to see a charismatic person at the helms of any party in our flashy world today. TDP definitely do not want to see Jagan as CM, who would accumulate votes of people based on being young and being the son of late YSR, grabbing the sympathy vote. Let High Command continue Rosaiah as Andhra CM. It will soon lose the only Congress ruled state in the South. All the best Sonia!
By Paul