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Opponents of the YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy who dismissed the stunning victory his party YSR Congress has posted in the recent by-elections as due to sympathy generated by his arrest, are now stating that the sympathy would not last long.

These critics are forgetting one fact that all pre-poll surveys conducted before his arrest had indicated that Jagan would win majority of seats. May be he got one or two seats more because of the sympathy. But fact remains that people wanted change. If the vote was for change, this desire of the people would not die down.

If the victory is only because of sympathy and it had died down, then why has the Congress party appointed a ministers’ committee to do research work on the poll results and suggest ways to strengthen the party?

Why is the TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu holding constituency-wise review meetings?

If the sympathy had died down, both the ruling and opposition parties could relax as Jagan would not be a force to reckon with, by the 2014 general elections.

YSR Congress leader Chegondi Harirama Jogaiah has argued that people had voted for Jagan as they did not believe the corruption charges leveled against Jagan. He has also said that people were questioning leaders of other parties, who was not corrupt.

Jogaiah was of the view that the sympathy for Jagan would continue as long as the congress continues foul-mouthing and persecuting him. He says Congress leaders would themselves contribute sympathy to Jagan as they would surely continue to talk ill of him and continue persecution.

In his latest book, former president APJ Abdul Kalam has sought to dismiss speculation that he was the prime reason why Sonia Gandhi refused the PM’s post in 2004.

In the chapter titled ‘Controversial Decisions’ of his book ‘Turning Points, A Journey Through Challenges’, Kalam has written that if Sonia had made “any claim for herself, I would have had no option but to appoint her”.

It was widely believed that Kalam had reservations against Sonia Gandhi becoming the Prime Minister and this was the prime reason why Sonia did not.

The book is published by Harper Collins and is slated to be released next week.

The BJP, however, reacted to the issue saying the information was nothing new. “Kalam’s admission just proves that Sonia Gandhi enjoys power without accountability,” said Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

“This is not new… Kalam has said this many times in the past also… Sonia Gandhi takes all the key decision in the party… She has power without accountability… She has not done any sacrifice,” he added.

Meanwhile, Congress tried to deflect the tirade onto BJP, saying Kalam’s statement directly pointed at the party that “did not want Sonia Gandhi to be the Prime Minister”.

Satyavrat Chaturvedi said, “What Kalam has said directly points to the BJP who did not want Sonia Gandhi to be the Prime Minister. They had gone to the President. This (Kalam’s statement) speaks of the people who did not want to give Sonia Gandhi the right the Constitution has given her.”

‘I humbly decline the post’

While declining the post of Prime Minister in 2004 amidst huge tears and cries by the Congress leaders to not do so, Sonia had said, “The post of prime minister has not been my aim. I was always certain that, if ever I found myself in the position I am in today, I would follow my inner voice. I humbly decline the post.”

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has taken up a massive exercise for a complete makeover of the party including completion of organisational elections and reactivating the youth and other allied wings.

Though pressure to bring Lokesh into active politics is increasing, Naidu is still unable to decide whether or not to bring his son Lokesh Naidu into active politics. For the present, he wants to give top priority to give a new image to the party by going in for complete makeover by holding organisational elections and revamp the allied wings like the mahila wing, youth wing etc.

In view of this, the party has not yet taken any decision on the date to hold the Mahanadu which had to be postponed due to the by-elections.Meanwhile, with the demand for infusing young blood and to bring in Lokesh and Balakrishna and if possible Junior NTR into active politics, Naidu is learnt to have decided to hold a meeting with his family members on Sunday.

This meeting is likely to discuss the issue of whether or not Lokesh should be asked to enter active politics. The party youth wing, in fact, wants Lokesh to take over it and go round the State to understand the problems of the people. The question before Naidu is how to accommodate Junior NTR in the party, in case Lokesh enters politics.

There was a fire accident in the Jubilee Hall here. If it took place 15 minutes earlier, there would have been a stampede leading to unwanted incident, felt the scribes, who gathered at the Jubilee Hall to cover the UPA’s Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the media.

The media meet was held in the front Hall of the Jubilee Hall where Pranab has addressed them and left. Just two minutes after his departure from the Hall, fire engulfed the main Hall with huge smoke clouds. Fortunately, the fire occurred after the Chief Guest and the Chief Minister and MLAs and others left the Hall. “If not a stampede would have occurred due to the fire incident”, said some MLAs and scribes present at the venue.

Fire was caused due to a short circuit in the Air Condition Unit and it has created tension. Due to a spark in the Air-Condition unit, the fire occurred on the roof of the Jubilee Hall.

It is learnt that the officials of the Jubilee Hall has switched on the entire Air Condition unit of the whole Jubilee Hall including the Legislative Council Hall since morning with over enthusiasm. This resulted in overheat and sparks occurred in the unit leading to fire. Fortunately, a fire engine was stationed there due to the Chief Minister’s presence at the Jubilee Hall. The fire engine staff have immediately reacted to the incident and brought the fire under control within minutes. Jubilee Hills MLA Vishnu Vardhan Reddy and CLP staff also tried their best to stop the fire. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy opened the Carbon dioxide gun, which was there at the Hall. Later, four more fire engines have come to the Jubilee Hall to control the fire.

The Lok Satta party President Dr Jayaprakash Narayan has stressed the need for total revamp of the Excise Act.Speaking to the media here on Sunday, he said that the Act be amended to make the Gram Panchayats also responsible for it’s implementation, along with the Excise and police departments.

On the present Presidential election, he said that the UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee is a leader with vast experience and he has all the qualities required for a President of the Country. He, however, added that the NDA nominee PA Sangma is also capable for the post.

He deplored that the traditional parties in the country were promoting corruption and corrupt people were also getting elected as Peoples’ representatives. The Lok Satta was making efforts to root out corruption in the country, as part of it, the Party will be launching a state-wide programme for three months, from July 3. The program would also help in strengthen the party, he added.

AICC general secretary in-charge of State Party Affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad, who accompanied UPA’s presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee’s election campaign, has left for the Delhi immediately after the CLP meeting held at Jubilee Hall here on Sunday.

Azad, who arrived here in a special flight, had left for Shamshabad Airport, from Jublee hall itself. There he spent one hour with PCC Chief Botcha Sathyanarayana and PCC official spokesperson Shabbir Ali and held deliberations with them.

Meanwhile, Azad refused to respond on the Telangana issue when media, which camped for his bite, asked him on the issue.

UPA’s Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee has sought the support of the YSR Congress.

Pranab spoke to the party’s honorary president Y S Vijayamma who was in Visakhapatnam district over telephone and sought her party’s support. She told him that she would discuss the matter with her son and party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and other party leaders and get back to him soon