'The End' card for CM Kiran

The talk in the political circles is that the outcome of the upcoming by-polls will decide the future of chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy.

After Kiran Kumar Reddy took charge as chief minister, the Congress party failed to win atleast a single seat in any of the by-elections. The upcoming by-polls will be test for Kiran and his longevity as CM will depend on the results. If Kiran fails to make Congress win atleast half of the 18 Assembly seats where the by-elections will be held, then the High Command may choose someone else to replace him.

The by-elections will be held in 18 Assembly constituencies and Nellore Lok Sabha constituency. About 16 of these 18 Assembly seats and the single Lok Sabha seat were won by Congress in the 2009 polls. The other two seats belong to PRP. One of them fell vacant after the disqualification of Shobha Nagi Reddy by Speaker for defy party whip during No Confidence Motion against government and the other fell vacant due to the resignation of Chiru as Turupati MLA after he was nominated to the upper house. Retaining these constituencies will be very crucial for the survival of the party in the state.

Chiru Became Vital Force For Congress

When all the leaders of state congress are running to Gandhi Bhavan to meet Vayalar Ravi, he is running to Chiru's house in the name of 'breakfast'. The news has given different signals to Congress cadres in the state and the Delhi's ambassador's talk's added fuel, say observers.

'Congress is going to use the services of Chiru both at State and Central level. He is gonna play a key role between the coordination of cadres in AP', Vayalar said. Though he refused to comment about Chiru's Cabinet Minister post, Ravi stressed that Chiru is a top-leader in Congress as of now. The whole drama has sent shivers in Congress seniors who are writing off Megastar as just another party-worker in Congress.

Presence of PCC Chief at Ravi-Chiru's meet intensified the rumors that Botsa will play a key role in the reorganization of leadership in Andhra Pradesh. However, some are simply scrapping the hype that Vayalar Ravi visited Chiru as a courtesy the he helped the government stabilize with his support during no-confidence motion.