09-04-2009, 05:42 PM
<b>Will son Jagan step into YSR's shoes?</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Even though the party leadership sees the upsurge in favour of YSR's son <b>Jagan Reddy as an "emotional reaction", the family's interests would be kept in mind. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has considered YSR to be close to her and party leaders are pretty certain that his son Jagan Reddy will be very much part of her calculations.</b> Whether this would extend to the CM's post is not clear.
Some Congress MPs felt the rush by YSR loyalists to sign a petition could be counter-productive as the leader's cremation has not even taken place<b>. It does seem obvious the Reddy and backward caste (BC) factors would have to be taken into consideration. The two communities have backed Congress and it is felt that anyone who is now made CM will have the benefit of a grace period as political rivals will have to offer some deference to YSR's memory.</b>
In this context the name of<b> MoS defence Pallam Raju is seen as a possibility</b>. The Kakinada MP is seen to have a good image and <b>is in the good books of the Congress leadership and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. NTR's daughter and MoS HRD D Purandeshwari is seen as having done well in government but is a Kamma, a caste not compatible with the Congress in Andhra Pradesh at all.</b>
Senior minister<b> S Jaipal Reddy</b> was being seen as a leader <b>who met the experience and loyalty test </b>but he was also an obvious choice for the media to discuss. But he has been out of state politics for decades and is still a bit of an "outsider" in the party, being out of the loop in terms of Congress politics at the Centre. The minister himself is understood to be chary of the job.
State Congress <b>chief D Srinivas is a BC </b>and a contender for the post and is also seen in positive light by the Congress leadership. However, <b>he suffers the disadvantage of having lost the last Assembly polls</b>.
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Biggest Hafta contributor will be from Reddy clan. Count down for Jaipal Reddy
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Even though the party leadership sees the upsurge in favour of YSR's son <b>Jagan Reddy as an "emotional reaction", the family's interests would be kept in mind. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has considered YSR to be close to her and party leaders are pretty certain that his son Jagan Reddy will be very much part of her calculations.</b> Whether this would extend to the CM's post is not clear.
Some Congress MPs felt the rush by YSR loyalists to sign a petition could be counter-productive as the leader's cremation has not even taken place<b>. It does seem obvious the Reddy and backward caste (BC) factors would have to be taken into consideration. The two communities have backed Congress and it is felt that anyone who is now made CM will have the benefit of a grace period as political rivals will have to offer some deference to YSR's memory.</b>
In this context the name of<b> MoS defence Pallam Raju is seen as a possibility</b>. The Kakinada MP is seen to have a good image and <b>is in the good books of the Congress leadership and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. NTR's daughter and MoS HRD D Purandeshwari is seen as having done well in government but is a Kamma, a caste not compatible with the Congress in Andhra Pradesh at all.</b>
Senior minister<b> S Jaipal Reddy</b> was being seen as a leader <b>who met the experience and loyalty test </b>but he was also an obvious choice for the media to discuss. But he has been out of state politics for decades and is still a bit of an "outsider" in the party, being out of the loop in terms of Congress politics at the Centre. The minister himself is understood to be chary of the job.
State Congress <b>chief D Srinivas is a BC </b>and a contender for the post and is also seen in positive light by the Congress leadership. However, <b>he suffers the disadvantage of having lost the last Assembly polls</b>.
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Biggest Hafta contributor will be from Reddy clan. Count down for Jaipal Reddy