A new era is beginning in Andhra Pradesh politics on Thursday, with YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy swearing-in as the new chief minister at Indira Gandhi municipal stadium at 12.23 pm.
It is also a day of new hope for the people of Andhra Pradesh, who gave him an overwhelming mandate — 151 out of 175 assembly seats – to rule the state for the next five years.
They gave vent to their frustration against the inefficient rule of the Telugu Desam Party headed by N Chandrababu Naidu by giving it just 23 seats.
When Naidu assumed the chief minister’s chair in 1995, he was just over 45 years. Though he had come to power by dethroning his father-in-law N T Rama Rao in a midnight coup, Naidu already had vast administrative experience of over 17 years by then – being a minister twice and holding top positions in the party.
So, when he became the chief minister, he was brimming with new ideas – right from pioneering growth of information technology to taking the administration to the doorstep of the common man with programmes like Sramadanam, Prajala Vaddaku Palana and Janma Bhoomi etc.
Now Jagan, who has just 46, has no prior administrative experience but he also has abundant fresh and innovative ideas.
Having observed the government of Naidu from close quarters as the leader of opposition, Jagan knows what to do and what not to win over the confidence of people.
Moreover, Jagan also seen and felt the miseries of the people during his marathon 3,600-km long padayatra and will definitely keep in mind their problems while ruling the state.
The fact that he is bringing in officials who had worked with his father Y S Rajasekhar Reddy to work with him indicates that he is going to learn from their experiences with regard to YSR’s style of administration.
Compared to Naidu, Jagan has tremendous energy, patience and also the most important quality to learn from mistakes.
So, people are naturally expecting him to deliver a better governance in the coming days!
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