Drained by bypolls, leaders want to conserve resources for 2014 elections
The Congress is worried over the next round of by-elections to 17 Assembly seats. While the YSR Congress is raring to go, the Congress leaders belonging to the respective constituencies are jittery. The bypoll is necessitated by the disqualification of the Congress rebels owing allegiance to YSR Congress Party. Adding fuel to their fear, a local television survey s is portraying doom for the party in the bypolls.
Talking to Postnoon, the Congress leaders said that not many of them are interested in contesting as they are not sure of winning them. This was reflective in the statement of the minister Jana Reddy who said only a miracle can save the party in the bypolls and, 2014 general elections too pose a big challenge.
The Congress leaders are also concerned about the drain on their resources due to frequent bypolls. Will they have enough to fight the all-crucial 2014 elections if this sequence of by-polls continues, party circles ask. Though the party leadership has identified some candidates in some constituencies, there were no applicants for the party tickets so far.
This is the first time that there is no lobbying for a Congress ticket and that the leaders at the helm of affairs, that is, the PCC chief and the CM have to convince the contestants. There always was a demand for the Congress tickets but the scene has changed.
Some ministers who were not involved in any of the issues said that the party image was taking a beating due to some faulty decisions taken by the YSR government. They quoted examples of land issues, court verdicts, and CBI and ACB cases. The Assembly session is already in trouble with just another two weeks and majority of the business pending.
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