Will YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy be shifted to Tihar jail in New Delhi to deny him the sympathy in the ongoing by-elections?

The answer is yes, according to political observers. The entry of the Enforcement Directorate officials into the alleged illegal assets case of Jagan shows that there is indeed a plan to shift Jagan to Delhi. The ED authorities have filed a petition in the CBI court seeking questioning of Nimmagadda Prasad and Vijay Sai Reddy in the case and there is every possibility that they would also seek custody of Jagan.

Once Jagan goes into their custody, the ED authorities would shift him to Delhi and lodge him Tihar jail till their investigation is completed. That would shift the focus to Delhi and he would not be able to give any instructions to the party leaders directly from jail, as he can do now from Chanchalguda jail. And his party would go into a complete panic mode, which is what his rivals want, an observer said.