Even days after West Bengal chief minister Mamatha Banerjee called up YSR Congress honourary president YS Viajayalakashmi inviting her party to form a Federal Front at the national level, the Jagan party could not take a call. This is because heart of the jailed Jaganmohan Reddy-led YSRCP is in the Congress, as political watchers say.
"We are right now busy in the ongoing panchayat elections. And to take a call on the national politics now, it is too early. We will sit together after the panchayat polls which would end this month-end, and discuss Mamatha's proposal," said M V Mysoora Reddy, a senior leader of YSR Congress.
However, insiders in the YSR Congress said the party was weighing the options cautiously and a general feeling was that joining hands with the Congress is a safer bet than going along with the maverick Trinamool Congress chief.
"Given her temperament and level of maturity, any alliance with Mamatha would be volatile. We just want to say her thanks, and move on with more serious political plans for the future," said an YSR Congress leader who is also an MLA.
Mamatha Banerjee had called Vijayamma on Sunday and invited YSR Congress for a preliminary talks aiming at forming the Federal Front alternative to Congress and BJP. And she is understood to have shown a sense of urgency as she was expecting snap polls for the parliament in November, while the general elections are due for May next year.
She said to have asked Vijayamma to take up the proposal with her son Jagan Reddy, who currently imprisoned in Chanchalguda Jail as an under trail in connections with his illegal assets cases.
However, YSR Congress did not do anything on the proposal as the party celebrated the birth anniversary of the late former chief minister and Jagan Reddy's father YS Rajshekar Reddy on Monday. Although, the family members spoke to Jagan on Monday, Mamatha's proposal was not the focus.
Although there are two other regional parties in Andhra Pradesh namely Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Mamatha preferred YSR Congress because she felt the party had more electoral potential. However, Jagan's party has chosen to take time as it is curiously watching the developments in the Congress.
When AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh visited Hyderabad last week after he took charge as the in-charge of AP affairs from Gulam Nabi Azad, he created ripple by saying the YSR Congress has Congress DNA in it.
The political watchers said Digvijay Singh's words had great political significance and the wily politician was just indicating the possibility of an alliance between the Congress and YSR Congress while the simultaneous polls for AP state assembly and parliament are around the corner.
The speculations are, in fact, that Digvijay Singh has been brought in place of Azad just to cobble up a political partnership between the Congress and YSR Congress as the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister is seen to be close to YSR family.
It is to be seen how Digvijay Singh known for his uncanny knacks would turnaround the AP politics to bring the Congress and YSR Congress closer when Jagan Reddy's supporters are blaming Sonia Gandhi for her vindictive politics because of which their leader is serving a jail term.
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