Jagan Reddy is set to become AP CM

After the tragic and premature demise of AP Chief Minister YSR reddy in Chopper crash, the question has naturally arisen who will fill in his shoes to take command of Andhra Pradesh. Through emotional wave, the unanimity is being built up over YSR son Jagan Reddy in the race of chief ministership of Andhra Pradesh. Undoubtedly, the Congress party is findig very difficult to find the suitable leader to fill the vacuum created by the demise of the towering leader YSR.YSR was the uchallenged leader of Congress party in Andhra Pradesh. He had single handedly brought the Congress party in the stae back to power in the state.His historice Padyatra of the state in 2003 is solely reponsible for the revival of Congress party in AP. His personality was so dominant that there was no place of dissent in the AP Congress. Though Congress high command hurriedly gave green signal to the senior most cabinet minister of state and trusted Congress old hand Finance Minister K Rossaih to take oath of office of the CM for the time being and by then Congress central leadership expects the emotion will subside and they would be able to gauge the situation judiciously. Though majority of party MLAs and MPs from the state have started voceferously advocating and building pressure on party high command facilitate YSR son Congress MP Jagan Reddy to take over the mantle of his father and take care of his legacy, he is a first time MP and has experience of only 100 days in Parliament.YSR’s loyalists have been raising the tempo for the installation of his son Jagan Mohan Reddy as chief minister, to New Delhi. Jaganmohan’s supporters - comprising mostly of young legislators handpicked by YSR - are said to be working overtime to promote him. The MLAs are said to have launched a signature campaign and claim that about 148 MLAs are behind him. Their contention is that Jagan enjoyed the support of the masses and was acceptable to all sections, just like his father. . But the ground reality prevailing in the state can not be denied that the strong wind of emotion over the tragic death of YSR is sweeping the state, and that goes strongly in favour of his son Jagan Reddy to take over the throne of Andhra Pradesh. Though the names of Finance Minister K Rossaih, Union Miister Jaipal Reddy, State Congress chief D Shriniwas are doing round in race for Chief Minister, YSR son’s name is on the top of the list of aspirants for the post of chief minister of the state. As far as the question of dynastic rule in democracy is concerned, the Congress party is itself based on the theory of dynastic rule. So the question of imposing dynastic rule on the state need not arise if YSR son Jagan Reddy takes over the charge of CM after the sad and tragic death of his father. What political and administrative experience had Rajiv Gandhi when Mrs. Indira Gandhi was killed and he was immediately sworn in as the prime minister of India. So, it is natural phernomenon that responsibility gives ability. In addition to that the emotion in Andhra Pradesh is so strong over the death of YSR that Congress party dare not go against it only because Jagan Reddy is inexperienced hand to rule the state. But whoever takes charge of seat of power in the state will have to work hard to come to the expectation of the people that YSR had raised among them. YSR Reddy had direct liasaion with the rural mass and he had initiated a number of development projects in rural area and because of that he had become the household name in the state.