There is a threat that several sitting MLAs from the ruling YSR Congress are likely to quit the party soon, due to fear of not getting a ticket to contest again. Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had shifted 11 candidates including two ministers and one former minister to new constituencies. He is also said to be planning to shift another 30 MLAs to the new constituencies.
Sources say that Jagan Mohan Reddy is planning to drop at least 40 MLAs from the contest in the 2024 general election. While some MLAs would be shifted to other constituencies, some of them would be nominated to the Parliament constituencies. Some MPs are also likely to be nominated to the Assembly constituencies.
With this confusion in the party, and several MLAs not being sure of getting the party ticket to contest again, a good number of them are planning to quit the party soon. They are looking at the TDP and Jana Sena parties, besides the Congress.
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu had said that over 40 MLAs are in touch with the party. This would mean that 40 MLAs have already contacted the TDP and started enquiring whether they would get the ticket if they left the YSR Congress.
Jana Sena also has enquiries by the YSR Congress MLAs who are in desperate mood about getting a ticket for the next election. The uncertainty is keeping them knocking at every door. Quite interestingly, there are a handful of MLAs who went in touch with the APCC president Gidugu Rudra Raju.
The YSR Congress is in utter chaos with Jagan Mohan Reddy taking up the task of shifting the MLAs from one place to the other. Those who were already shifted too are said to be not happy with the changes.
It is to be seen how Jagan Mohan Reddy would handle the situation as the MLAs start leaving the party and joining the other parties.
