While YSR party president Jaganmohan Reddy is treading cautiously on Amaravati issue, his colleagues from Rayalaseema are not. In a clear indication of difference of opinion in the party on Amaravati, senior YSR Congress leader M V Mysoora Reddy disowned the new capital under construction. It was a real estate venture encouraged by the state government, he said in a panel discussion in news channel. He ridiculed the capital tagline ” people’s capital”. “Urban affairs expert Sivaramkrishnan categorically recommended against going in for capital construction between Vijayawada and Guntur. But the present government with vengeance has selected the fertile region for the construction of the capital.” he said in the discussion.
Talking to ‘telugu360.com’ later Mysoora Reddy said ” We (Rayalaseema people) have nothing to do with the so called capital Amaravati. It his (Chief minister) capital and he is building in the way that pleases him,” he said.
Jaganmohan Reddy on the other hand has never expressed his views by capital Amaravati, though it clearly violated the Sir Bagh pact and harmed the interests of the people. Jagan is hamstrung on Amaravati because, any negative stand on Amaravati would alienate the party in Krishna and Guntur districts, where the party has honorable presence.
But, the Jagan’s silence on Rayalaseema has not gone down well in Rayalaseema. Some think, fielding of Mysoora Reddy on Rayalaseema is to reassure the people of Rayalaseema that Jagan’s silece was only a tactful and the party is committed to Rayalaseema. Party circles say Mysoora Reddy is opposed to Jagan’s ambiguous stand on Amaravati and is coming out now as the R-Sentiment is spreading like wildfire in the region.