Congress MLA Jogi Ramesh, who was in the list of 9 expelled MLAs announced by PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana, has sharply criticized him for taking action against him even without serving show cause notices. He said Botsa, who is eyeing CM chair since a long has planned to topple the Kiran government by expelling 9 MLAs at a time so as his government will fall into majority. He said he has never crossed the party discipline yet Botsa has pushed him out of the party. He asked Botsa, when the government fall minority in the house, whether he will take the TDP support to run the government? He also thrown challenged to him to announce the names of the 9 MLAs, whom he expelled from party on yesterday.

Presently, the Congress strength in the floor is 155. With the latest expulsion of 9 members from the party, it comes to 146. The strength required to keep afloat is 148. Even if the independent member support the Congress government, it reaches to only 147, which is one seat short to required strength. In such case, Kiran government is considered to be lost the confidence of the house. However, neither CM nor PCC president seems to be worried about the magic number. If, someone moves the court or approaches the Governor it will be really embarrassing for the government.