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HYDERABAD: Jagan Mohan Reddy’s victory by 5.47 lakh votes in the Kadapa byelection has left the ruling Congress shell-shocked in AP. Although the outcome was widely anticipated, the margin of victory broke like a clap of thunder over the state.
While Congress leaders insist they anticipated the defeat, so what’s the big deal, the margin and manner of victory have put paid to the Congress’ hopes of ever wresting the legacy of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy from the grasp of his son. But even more worrisome to them is the fact that Jagan pitched the by-poll as a contest between Sonia Gandhi and his father, and Madam came up a distant second in the hearts of Kadapa voters.
Jagan Mohan fought the by-poll on the slogan of self-respect vs arrogance. The self-respect he arrogated to himself, and the arrogance he pinned on the Congress high command. The young leader’s spiel boiled down to this: Just a year after the death of YSR, his son and mother were hounded out of the Congress, his family was divided by bribing his brother Y S Vivekananda Reddy with a ministry, and the late benefactor’s welfare programmes were thrown out.
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