Congress to Get Jagan Loyalists Disqualified

Finally the Congress party in the state has decided to crack whip on the Jagan loyalists before the mansoon session of Assembly going to commence in the month of August. The ruling party is facing threat of a no-confidence motion in the ensuing session and wants to minimise the chances of any embarrassment on the floor of the House.

According to sources, the CM camp will strongly advocate the disqualification of the four rebel legislators before the no-trust motion is taken up by the assembly. The four pro-Jagan Congress MLAs, whose disqualification the ruling party has sought, are G Adinarayan Reddy, B Srikanth Reddy, Konda Surekha and P Amarnath Reddy. Many of the Congress MLAs hobnobbing with Jagan have so far been under the impression that the Congress might not disqualify them as it could result in the government turning into a minority in the House.

Now with PRP merger, the Congress has a total strength of 182 in the assembly. By disqualifying the rebels, the required figure in the assembly to stay in power will come down, thereby helping the ruling party. The calculations in political circles is that if Jagan can muster the support of over 40 MLAs and get them to vote in favour of the no-trust motion, then there is a possibility of the Kiran regime being in danger. Sources close to the Speaker's office disclosed that after following requisite procedure, a decision on the disqualification would be finalised in the next two weeks.