YSRCP Chief YS Jagan’s sops continue to amaze. Jagan who is on ‘Praja Sankalpa Yatra’ is coming up with one of the wildest promises ever heard in the history of politics. We have seen governments requesting the parents from BPL families to send to schools. To further encourage them, many governments came up with the mid-deal meal program, free books, and even free uniform. It looks like YS Jagan has a different route altogether. The YSRCP Supremo has promised a sum of Rs 15K to the parents (probably from BPL families) who send their children to school.

‘Isn’t it because of the barbaric rule of the TDP Government and Chandrababu, I had to come up with Praja Sankalpa Yatra? Everyone here is homeless. Despite the (water) canals in reach, the farmlands have turned out to be drought-affected areas.

Isn’t it true that Chandrababu is deceiving everyone, right from the DWCRA Groups and to other saving schemes? If our Government (YSRCP) comes into power with all your blessings and God’s grace, do you all have an idea what we would be doing? I know many of you know, but if there are few people who don’t about our welfare schemes, do educate them. Our government will give Rs 15,000 to the families sending their kids to school’, said Jagan.

Further increasing his limitless sops list, the YSRCP Supremo said, ‘once we come to power, the age limit for pensioners will be reduced to 45. All standing loans you all have (until 2019 elections) in DWCRA groups and other saving schemes, our government will clear them, by handing you the loan amount in cash, in 4 instalments’.

The Andhra Pradesh’s state deficit and lack of financial resources make the sops offered by Jagan a mere election-promise. Jagan should own an RBI Printing Press if he ever wants to stick to his promises. If not, the other way is to bring back the black money lying in godowns of various political leader. The readers of Telugu360 know whom we are talking about!

Jagan’s padayatra that started on 6th November (2017) is going on successfully and it is more than 50 days since he started his foot march. However, some seniors of YSRCP, who wanted to join a few more leaders into the party to strengthen the party, were shocked by Jagan’s response on such proposal. It seems, Jagan was against joining any more big leaders into his party. Reportedly, he told –

“We can’t join those senior leaders into our party. They are big leaders and if they join our party now, they will expect cabinet ministries when we form government in 2019. As I have already finalized the compilation of my cabinet, I can’t join these senior leaders”

Obviously, senior leaders of YSRCP were appalled by Jagan’s response and they felt, Jagan must have become over-confident after seeing so many people coming to his padayatra. He might be thinking all those coming to see him during Padayatra will vote him, but which is not the case. They remind, even during Nandyala by-poll also so many people came to Jagan’s meetings but the party lost in the elections miserably.

Moreover, we can recall what happened before 2014. Then also, Jagan party was full of leaders and he declined some last minute joiners. There were rumors those days that leaders like Ganta Srinivas were declined entry into YSRCP and so he joined TDP later. Had he joined YSRCP, the party’s fate in Vizag might be different and the prospects of Vizag MP candidate (YS Vijayamma) also might be different. It is surprising to see Jagan committing the same mistake again.

Moreover, Jagan saying his 2019 cabinet is already compiled is shocking as well as ridiculous. Even the most senior leaders in the country who became chief ministers couple of times might have never fully compiled their cabinets much before elections. Probably, this only shows his over confidence. Seems, ruling party’s USP in 2019 would be Jagan’s over-confidence and his inability to turn anti-incumbency into votes.

Recently DP senior leader and AP minister Achen Naidu has said that the TDP is trying to bring a few more big heads from the YSRCP into his party. He said that they have already initiated talks with those YSRCP leaders. He added, If they also come, our objective would be achieved and YSRCP will be left with just a couple of MLAs. Ever since these comments were made, hot debates happening in political circles about who those big wigs are.

If grapevine reports are to be believed, Srikanth Reddy and Mekapati are those big heads planning to jump ship next. If it happens, huge blow for YSR CP. Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy is currently representing the Nellore Loksabha. He won one time as MLA and 5 times as MP. He is senior leader and his defection will impact morale of YRSCP cadre. Mekapati also open to change, but so far his son is stopping him so far. MLA Srikanth Reddy is in huge financial trouble. He spent on two elections and full time in opposition last 8 years. So he is also thinking of defecting.

It seems to be Chandra Babu’s master mind to pull YSRCP leaders exactly during when Jagan is doing Padayatra. Usually Padayatra’s are done by the politicians to mingle with people and project themselves as someone winning people’s trust. But by making his own party leaders defect exactly during that time, CBN conveying people that leaders from his own party don’t trust Jagan anymore.

We have to wait and see how many more will turncoat from YSRCP and finally how many will remain.