The Congress high command is now engaged in a serious exercise to elicit views of senior party leaders from Andhra Pradesh with regard to the feasibility of installing an interim government instead of imposing President’s Rule following the resignation of Kiran Kumar Reddy as Chief Minister.
As part of this mission, AICC General Secretary in charge of party affairs in the State Digvijay Singh has been holding consultations with State party leaders available in the national capital. He had prolonged discussions on Monday morning with PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana in this regard.
Many senior party leaders, including ministers and legislators belonging to both Seemandhra and Telangana regions, are firmly opposed to the State being brought under Central rule. They have been very vocal in this regard and have even told the Central party leaders about it. Even the PCC Chief is averse to imposition of President’s Rule as he too is an aspirant to take the reins as an interim Chief Minister.
The Congress High Command seemed to have decided to have wider consultations with party leaders, especially from the Seemandhra region, who are already nurturing a grouse for being dumped like a hot potato in the State bifurcation issue.
In an attempt to appease the ruffled feelings of the Seemandhra leaders and also to give them a sense of importance by taking them into confidence of its future moves, the high command seemed to have decided to invite the Seemandhra leaders to rush to New Delhi for discussions.
