Last Updated : 24 Aug 2011 11:30:32 AM IST
HYDERABAD: The Telugu Desam, the main opposition party in the state, thinks that the `political immaturity and arrogance’ of YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy has placed it in an advantageous position, though temporarily, vis-a-vis its rivals Congress and YSR Congress.
Eager to contest the by-elections to test the strength of its own and that of the YSRC the TDP hopes the Assembly speaker will accept the resignations of the 29 MLAs. It also wants to assess how the of the state are viewing the anti-corruption movement. The outcome of the by-elections, it thinks, will help it face the general election in 2014.
The TDP is also not averse to moving a no-trust motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government. Though, the party has no plan to move the motion immediately, it may consider it when the Assembly is convened. This is to deflect the criticism from YSRC leaders that the Congress and the TDP colluded with each other to target Jagan. The party is pretty sure that the motion will be defeated going by the present strength of the Congress in the Assembly.
The TDP is of the view that Jagan is making wrong moves politically and his arrogance made his MLAs resign, which may be construed as challenging the order of the High Court.
“When the entire nation rose together against corruption, what will these MLAs explain to people in defence of a corrupt leader?” wondered a leader. “We will thoroughly expose the corrupt people in the coming days. We will take up a series of programmes to mobilise the support of people against corruption,” said party chief N Chandrababu Naidu.
equally firm on exposing the ruling party, he said the Congress had no right to remain in power.
But TDP leaders do not claim that the Kiran Reddy government slipped into minority after the resignations of 29 MLAs and will not fall on its own. Nor can it be dislodged by the TDP.
Sources acknowledge that the government cannot be dislodged by the TDP. Even if the TDP musters enough strength and topples the Congress government it will not help the main opposition party. Instead, it wants the government to complete its full term in which case anti-incumbency mood the people will crystallise by the time next elections take place.
It also wants the CBI raids on Jagan to continue so that he will become weak politically. In the meantime the TDP hopes to retrieve its lost ground to fight elections as a strong force.
It also hopes the Jagan factor, CBI raids and inevitable by-elections will all divert people’s attention from the Telangana issue.
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Congress Turnstile: PRP MLAs enter as pro-Jagan MLAs exit
HYDERABAD: The state on Monday witnessed turnstile politics— the entry of PRP MLAs and exit of pro-Jagan MLAs— which ultimately holds electoral algorithm good for chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.
As announced by YSR Congress leaders, as many as 26 MLAs (23 of Congress, two of TDP and one of PRP) submitted their resignations to the Assembly secretary in the morning. All of them submitted their resignations in the prescribed format. Sometime ago three Congress MLAs from Telangana had submitted their resignations demanding separate Telangana. The three— K Surekha, Jayasudha and Satyawati— too extended their support to YSRC and demanded that their resignations too should be accepted along with those who resigned now. In all, 29 MLAs came out openly in support of YS Jagan on Monday. Explaining the reasons for their resignations, they said they were pained to see the late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s name figure in the FIR filed by the CBI and were unable to stay on in the “murky” Congress.
They said they were not sure whether their resignations would be accepted by the speaker or rejected as those of Telangana MLAs recently. If the speaker does not accept the resignations, the YSRC leaders may knock on the doors of the Raj Bhavan or court of law.
As the pro-Jagan MLAs were paying floral tributes to YSR at his statue in Somajiguda and drove straight to the Assembly to submit their resignations, actor-turned politician Chiranjeevi arrived at the Begumpet airport by a special flight from Delhi and drove straight to Gandhi Bhavan where his 17 MLAs and other leaders took the membership of the Congress in the presence of the PCC chief, chief minister and other leaders.
PRP MLAs' official entry into the Congress nullified the exit of pro- Jagan MLAs who also faxed their resignations from the primary membership of the Congress. “We have faxed our resignations from the party membership to the PCC chief. We do not want to continue in the Congress party,” YSRC leader Konda Surekha said.
But YSRC leaders are not sure if the speaker will accept their resignations. Said MLA and former minister P Subhashchandra Bose: “Any rejection of our resignations will spell doom to the Congress.”
Immediately after submitting their resignations, the YSRC leaders went to Idupulapaya to visit the YSR Samadhi and pay tributes to the departed chief minister.
The PRP MLAs, who were inducted into the Congress, have started dreaming of ministerial posts but the chief minister is sitting pretty and not under any compulsion to accommodate them as the main ppposition party, Telugu Desam, is in no mood to topple the government.
As announced by YSR Congress leaders, as many as 26 MLAs (23 of Congress, two of TDP and one of PRP) submitted their resignations to the Assembly secretary in the morning. All of them submitted their resignations in the prescribed format. Sometime ago three Congress MLAs from Telangana had submitted their resignations demanding separate Telangana. The three— K Surekha, Jayasudha and Satyawati— too extended their support to YSRC and demanded that their resignations too should be accepted along with those who resigned now. In all, 29 MLAs came out openly in support of YS Jagan on Monday. Explaining the reasons for their resignations, they said they were pained to see the late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s name figure in the FIR filed by the CBI and were unable to stay on in the “murky” Congress.
They said they were not sure whether their resignations would be accepted by the speaker or rejected as those of Telangana MLAs recently. If the speaker does not accept the resignations, the YSRC leaders may knock on the doors of the Raj Bhavan or court of law.
As the pro-Jagan MLAs were paying floral tributes to YSR at his statue in Somajiguda and drove straight to the Assembly to submit their resignations, actor-turned politician Chiranjeevi arrived at the Begumpet airport by a special flight from Delhi and drove straight to Gandhi Bhavan where his 17 MLAs and other leaders took the membership of the Congress in the presence of the PCC chief, chief minister and other leaders.
PRP MLAs' official entry into the Congress nullified the exit of pro- Jagan MLAs who also faxed their resignations from the primary membership of the Congress. “We have faxed our resignations from the party membership to the PCC chief. We do not want to continue in the Congress party,” YSRC leader Konda Surekha said.
But YSRC leaders are not sure if the speaker will accept their resignations. Said MLA and former minister P Subhashchandra Bose: “Any rejection of our resignations will spell doom to the Congress.”
Immediately after submitting their resignations, the YSRC leaders went to Idupulapaya to visit the YSR Samadhi and pay tributes to the departed chief minister.
The PRP MLAs, who were inducted into the Congress, have started dreaming of ministerial posts but the chief minister is sitting pretty and not under any compulsion to accommodate them as the main ppposition party, Telugu Desam, is in no mood to topple the government.
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