The ruling YSR Congress MLAs are spending sleepless nights these days with chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy taking the decision to shuffle the sitting MLAs. The chief minister had already changed the candidates for the 11 seats in the state, including two ministers and one former minister.
In the last two days, Jagan Mohan Reddy set his focus on the two undivided Godavari districts, where he called some MLAs to his camp office and held talks with them. He had suggested some MLAs move to the neighbouring constituency, while others thought of contesting for the Lok Sabha in the coming elections.
In the undivided East Godavari district, MLAs representing Ramachandrapuram, P Gannavaram, Amalapuram, Razole, Prathipadu, Jaggampet and Pithapuram constituencies were proposed to be shifted or dropped. The chief minister had asked Razole MLA Rapaka Varaprasada Rao to contest for the Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency. However, Varaprasada Rao did not show interest to contest the Parliament elections.
The chief minister had also dropped Chintalapudi and Polavaram MLAs and had told them to wait for the election results. He also told them that he would take care of them after the government is formed. He also told Minister Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna to shift to Rajamahendravaram rural, for which the minister did not give his consent.
Sources say that the chief minister is also planning to shift Narasapuram MLA and government chief whip M Prasada Raju from the constituency. He was also tipped for the Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency. Minister P Viswaroop also met the chief minister. It is not known whether the chief minister would shift Viswaroop to another constituency or give the ticket to his son.
MLAs Kondeti Chitti Babu from P Gannavaram and T Nagi Reddy from Gajuwaka also met the chief minister. A new incharge was already appointed for Gajuwaka, keeping the MLA aside.
Ministers Usha Sri Charan and G Jayaram, former minister Sankaranarayana, MLAs, Kilaru Rosaiah from Ponnuru, Dulam Nageswara Rao from Kaikaluru, S Raghurami Reddy from Mydukuru, Mohmmad Navaz Basha from Madanapalle also visited the chief minister’s camp office on Tuesday and held discussions with the chief minister.