YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is learnt to have decided to talk tough to the rebellious party MLAs who are taking to streets for being denied the cabinet berths.
While Jagan is making every effort to pacify the disgruntled leaders, party sources said he is said to be terribly upset with them for sending a message to the party cadres that all is not well within the party.
He has entrusted the responsibility to seniors like Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy and Mopidevi Venkata Ramana to talk to the disgruntled leaders and convince them.
He, himself, has spoken to seniors like Balineni Srinivas Reddy and managed to douse his anger.
But others like Kolusu Parthasarathy, Samineni Udaya Bhanu, Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy, Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy, Mekathoti Sucharita, Tippe Swamy, Sriranganath Raju etc. still continue to raise a banner of revolt against the party leadership.
Sources said Jagan is angry with such leaders and has decided to act tough with them.
“He has sent them stern warnings that they should either fall in line or face the consequences. He knows that they would be zero, if they go out of the party,” sources said.
Some of them like Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy are learnt to have mellowed down. He is likely to meet Peddireddy later in the Tuesday afternoon. Similar messages were sent to Parthasarthy and Udaya Bhanu and they might also fall in line.
However, Sucharita is said to be still sulking. And she is not willing to take back her resignation letter signed in Speaker’s format, which she gave it to Mopidevi.
“If she doesn’t mend her ways, she might be shown the door soon,” sources added.
