Suspicion that Congress high command had a vice grip on the state congress and that CM Kiran Kumar Reddy was just an expendable item had once again became crystal clear . Besides Kiran also did not carry the confidence or good will of senior MPs and union ministers either , it is said,.
When he summoned a meeting of seemandhra leaders , only 4 ministers, 4 MLCs, 21 MLAs and one MP participated at the camp office. Even the PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana, who has been gunning for the CM post was also missing.
According to congress ources many Ministers ,MPs and MLAs were not keen to oppose the congress high command with elections hardly two months away . 'How can we trust this CM, who all these 3 years has always kept us at a distance and not bothered about our well being ?' was the moot question of one senior congress MLA .
