Reddy seeks list of Cong leaders supporting Jagan



Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is believed to have asked his Cabinet colleagues to compile a list of Congress leaders and their kin supporting YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Sources said Kumar asked his Cabinet colleagues at a meeting here today to "prepare a list of MPs, MLAs, MLCs, senior Congress leaders and kin of these leaders who are sailing with Jagan" and based on the list, "necessary action" can be initiated against them.

He has particularly directed the respective district in-charge ministers to prepare a report based on the list and submit it at the earliest, a senior minister said, requesting anonymity.

There have been reports about growing disenchantment with Jagan among Congress leaders currently siding with the young Kadapa MP.

"We have to seize the opportunity and see that our party leaders do not jump into Jagan's camp. And, we should also weed out the hardcore elements who continue to sail with Jagan," the minister quoted Kumar as telling them.

With the new state Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana getting down to the business of revitalising the ruling party in the wake of the Jagan rebellion, Kiran too is said to be focusing his energies on containing the Jagan factor, the minister said.

"The Chief Minister wants the government and the Congress party to work in tandem to nullify the Jagan effect. Accordingly, Kiran seems to be working out the strategies," the minister pointed out.

PTI