A bid to charter own yatra-Defiant Jagan Says Odarpu Plans Postponed, Not Cancelled

The decision of Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy to defy the Congress high command instead of mending fences is being perceived as an attempt by the son of former CM YSR to charter his own political agenda in the days to come with or without the backing of the Congress. After the initial snub by the high command which refused to entertain his ambition of succeeding his father, Jagan has sat quietly for long. If he does not make his move now, he would not be able to reap the dividends of the popularity built up by YSR, a loyalist claimed. Sources in the Jagan camp said the Kadapa MP decided to strike now as he perceived CM K Rosaiah to be weak or too indecisive to stop him. Accordingly, Jagan readied the plan to visit all the three regions and ensure that the goodwill among the people generated by YSR got transferred to him.

Jagan made this clear at the press conference outside his Banjara Hills residence after he was released from preventive custody by the cops on Friday evening. I will visit all the 23 district and console the family members of those who died of shock or committed suicide after YSRs demise. If TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao feels that the Odarpu yatra would be a threat to him, I will visit the Telangana districts only after the assembly by-elections are held, he said. Jagan is expected to make further moves only after visiting all the districts as part of his Odarpu yatra. But for the moment, they are awaiting the response from the Congress high command to the first act of defiance by the Kadapa MP.

In New Delhi, Congress president Sonia Gandhis political secretary Ahmed Patel indicated to some sections of the party on Friday evening that madam was unhappy with Jagan not heeding to the call of the party to call off the Warangal yatra. The ruling partys core committee also met on Friday evening where the matter was discussed but no decision was taken. AICC general secretary M Veerappa Moily was not present and the party weighed various options including summoning Jagan to New Delhi and issuing him a warning and slapping a show-cause notice, said a leader. However, no action if,  any is expected until the completion of the Rajya Sabha elections which are scheduled in the state on June 14. This is because Jagan still has a seizable number of MLAs and any action against him before the elections might prompt cross-voting by many Congress MLAs, said sources.

Besides, the high command has also to check out PRP president Chiranjeevi whom it has summoned to New Delhi for talks with regard to the Rajya Sabha elections. As of now, despite Jagan daring the party high command, it is he who is sitting pretty and the leadership which is in a dilemma as to what to do with him, said a Congress leader in New Delhi.
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CHECKED: Telangana agitators shout slogans at Mahbubabad railway station against YS Jaganmohan Reddys plans to visit the district on his Odarpu yatra on Friday morning.
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