Does YS Jagan really has 75 MLAs in hand now to resign?

It looks like YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is not going to remain content with bringing psychological pressure on the Congress party by getting the resignation of 25-30 MLAs from the assembly seats.

If the sources in the party are to be believed, Jagan is aiming at pulling down the Kiran Kumar Reddy government in the state and show his strength to the Congress party.

So, Jagan feels the time has come to throw the Congress government in the state in Bay of Bengal.

According to these sources, Jagan has sent messages to as many as 75 Congress MLAs in the state, who were hand-picked by his father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in 2009 elections and have been staunch loyalists of YSR. They were all asked to attend the crucial party meeting on Sunday. Jagan reportedly told them that it was not proper on their part to remain silent at a time when the Congress party has directly targeted the “maha neta” by implicating him in the cheating and criminal conspiracy case. And it was the time for them to choose between YSR legacy and the conspiracy.

However, only 24 MLAs could attend the meeting and another six had called up and pledged their support to Jagan.

In the case of those who did not attend, Jagan’s camp is trying to bring pressure through the party cadres and force them to resign. If at least 60 MLAs resign, the government would collapse automatically, sources said.