First YSR son, then allies: Red faces in Cong over Telangana
Grappling with the Andhra Pradesh crisis, the Congress was embarrassed inside and outside Parliament today when UPA partners questioned the government’s “hasty” decision on a separate Telangana and Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, Congress MP and son of the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, joined a TDP demonstration in Lok Sabha, even borrowing a placard from them which read “We want united AP.” As angry Congress MPs from the Telangana region complained to A K Antony, who heads the party disciplinary action committee, saying Jagan’s actions amounted to violation of discipline, it became increasingly clear that his claim for a suitable political placement in Andhra Pradesh’s power matrix had receded significantly. Congress sources said Jagan had been sounded out to head a coordination panel in the state that would monitor the performance of the K Rosaiah government — such a mechanism is followed by the party in several other states to balance competing factions. Another offer, that of a junior minist...
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