Kovur bypoll holds key to Congress fortunes

Kovur bypoll holds key to Congress fortunes

The aftereffect of byelection to 16 Assembly seats in Andhra and Rayalaseema, which are acceptable to be captivated by July, is accustomed to accept a abstruse appulse on the cardinal Congress. Though, in the actual future, byelections are slated for six seats in Telangana arena on March 18, the Congress has a accessible alibi if it fares abominably which, in all likelihood, it will. It can accusation the Telangana affect for its defeat. But in littoral Andhra, it will accept no fig blade to awning its abashment if it is aching at the hustings. According to analysts, the aftereffect of the Kovur Assembly byelection on March 18 will be the augury of the after-effects in the byelections for 16 seats which too will be captivated soon. In Telangana the cardinal affair has accustomed its defeat alike afore the balloter action has begun. PCC admiral Botcha Satyanarayana said alike if the Congress absent the byelections, it won’t adapt the addition in the Assembly. He said on addition break that the TDP would accelerate to the third position, advertence that the Congress would be in the additional position but not appear as the winner. Nizamabad MP Madhu Yashki minced no words back he said there was no way the Congress could win the elections in Telagnana. But the acclamation in Kuvur in Nellore commune will be actively watched as it ability accessible a window on the apperception of the littoral Andhra aborigine and bandy some ablaze on his thinking--whether he is afflicted with the Kiran Kumar Reddy government or whether YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s allure is alive on him. Or, whether he is taken in by Chandrababu Naidu’s politics. B Sobha Nagi Reddy, a Jagan-camp MLA whose abandonment has been accustomed by the Speaker, is already in Allagadda, her constituency, advancing strategies for the balloter action lying ahead. Said she: “We will accept no botheration in acceptable the seats in the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. The Congress and the TDP are angry anniversary added for the additional position,” she told Express over telephone. The Jagan affected is not ever afraid over the CBI summoning Jagan Mohan Reddy for claiming back it believes the Congress would not be so adventuresome to do it back the byelections are annular the corner. “If the Congress directs the CBI to do anthing foolish, it will be a apple-pie ambit for us,” she said, adding: “I don’t anticipate CBI will do anyting rash.”