There is no doubt that YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is a valiant fighter and has been taking the mighty Telugu Desam Party and its president N Chandrababu Naidu single handedly.
However, as has been reported in these columns in the past, Jagan does not have a back-up leader who leads the party from the front in his absence or implements his decisions with full authority.
Every decision has to be taken by Jagan and every authority vests only with him. This is the general feeling being expressed by his own party leaders. So, there is no second-in-command in the party, who can take shoulder the party’s responsibility and do crisis management.
Nobody knows what is in Jagan’s mind and nobody dares to ask him what step they should further.
If there is a disgruntlement in the party and if any leader decides to quit, there is none who can negotiate with him or her so that they would remain in the party. Only if Jagan comes to know about it, he will ask the seniors to look into the issue, but the ultimate decision lies with Jagan himself.
The other day, there was a report that YSRC MP from Kurnool Butta Renuka is contemplating shifting loyalties to the TDP. When it was brought to Jagan’s notice, he just ignored it. Nobody, on behalf of Jagan, could talk to Renuka as to why she wants to leave the party.
Nobody could assure her that she would be given the party ticket for the Kurnool MP seat again in 2019 or she would be shifted to the assembly so that she could become a minister if Jagan comes to power.
So is the case with several other leaders, whose fate is in the hands of Jagan and nobody else. If there is a second in command in the party, such issues could be handled easily. And what is more important is that there is none who has been entrusted with the responsibility of mobilising funds for the party.
If this situation continues, Jagan might have to face a tough time before the elections!
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