Former PCC President Botsa Satyanarayana recently said that the media reports and speculations about switching to YSR Congress party hurt him very much. He said there is no such proposal and will continue in the Congress party. But, those reports and speculations proved to be genuine with the latest development taken place today.

YSR Congress party general secretary Vijayasai Reddy, MPs YV Subba Reddy, senior leaders Jyothula Nehru and some others went to his residence and invited him to join YSR Congress party, for which he is said to be positively responded. He is said to be sought some time to think over about their invitation and offer. He is expected to make some announcement very soon, as he can’t afford to leave this golden opportunity.

But, they offered him Visakha district party in-charge post, instead of his own district Vizianagaram, probably because of strong resistance from the district leaders. YSR Congress party may believe that it would be an amicable solution to this problem. Even though, Botsa Satyanarayana is made in-charge of Visakha district, he can’t afford to lose his grip on his native Vizianagaram district. Obviously, then the district leaders may be forced to leave the party.

Earlier, during Dadi Veerabhadra Rao’s admission into the party, Jagan Mohan Reddy ignored his most trusted leader Konathala Ramakrishna Rao and his followers’ objections. They left the party after facing ill treatment from him. Now, the same situation may repeats in the Vizianagaram district also.