Was it the case of a proverbial miss of the boat or did Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy has seen the writing on the wall and declined the offer? Well, the secret may never be out. But, if media news bits are to be believed, Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy was offered the Chief Minister’s position!!

If you ask 100 people in the state, apart from Kurnool district, 90 % may say that they don’t know who he is! This is not to be critical of him, but that is natural of any person. True, he is an MP, and the son of an Ex. Chief Minister, who was quite famous in his hey days. But apart from tagging on to his father’s legacy and keep winning the MP seat, the man in discussion, Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy, has not done anything astronomical, apart from suddenly being elevated to the State Minister position of Railways, to come into the debate of whether Kiran will be replaced as CM and Kotla will be given the charge.! Even the State Railway Minister position given was seen as gratitude of Gandhi family to senior Kotla who really held the sway over the state. It was also thought as a ploy to placate the Rayalaseema Reddy Community.

Apart from hailing from Kurnool district of Rayalaseema and belonging to the influential Reddy caste, it was hard to believe that he is having the sway to influence the whole state or for that matter the Rayaalaseema are even. Though Kiran Kumar Reddy was also a dark hore when he has become the CM, he was atleast known to some extent as the Speaker of the Assembly. But still to be honest, even now people believe that the high command has not made a good decision, if Kiran was brought to dispel the trouble of Telengana then! In that note, the news which was heavily being floated for the past two days that Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy was being given the mantle was indeed very strange. He was the darkest of the horses whose name was proposed for the CM position.

Don’t know, when and upon whom the divine grace of Gandhi Family will fall!!

(By: Neelayapalem Vijay Kumar)