MLC polls pose another test for Jagan
HYDERABAD: Election for ten seats in the state Legislative Council under the MLA quota, slated for March 21, could be a litmus test for the YSRC president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in terms of selecting the candidate for the one MLC seat which the fledgling party might win as well as showing his 'electoral managerial' skills in winning that seat.
There is a scope for the YSRCP to win one seat by garnering the support of the defectors in the Congress and the Telugu Desam.
If the party, with 17 MLAs, fields its candidate, nine Congress and four TDP dissidents are likely to support its candidate. That means the YSRC candidate might clinch the seat easily.
However, if the loyalists of Jagan in the Congress and TDP defy the whip of their respective parties, they are sure to lose their membership of the Assembly and will have to face bypolls as Assembly polls are still one year away from now.
Every legislator, who crosses their party line, might lose his or her membership and will have to face unwanted financial burden in the form of bypolls just for the tenure of one year.
'Unless the YSR Congress leadership assures some financial help to the legislators, rebels of the Congress and the TDP might not take the risk of losing their membership and facing bypolls.
So, there is no guarantee that Jagan loyalists in both these parties will definitely vote for the YSRC candidate in the polls. It all depends on the manoeuvring skills of Jagan,' said a leader.
There are several aspirants who include his uncle YS Vivekananda Reddy, Konda Surekha, SV Mohan Reddy, Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose, M Prasada Raju, Vasireddy Padma, Gattu Ramachandra Rao and Abdul Rehman.
News Posted: 2 March, 2013
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