The Congress in Andhra Pradesh may complete its term with Jaganmohan Reddy, making it clear that he would like his party to play the role of an opposition in Andhra Pradesh. Although Jagan won the bypoll to the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat by a margin of more than 1 lakh votes, he made it clear that he would at the moment don the role of a constructive opposition party since there is no opposition in the state at the moment.
Qualifying that statement, Jagan said as per the record, the Telugu Desam Party is the opposition in the state, but during the Kadapa bypoll it became clear that this party had joined hands with the Congress in a bid to try and defeat him. When the opposition and the ruling party join hands it is clear that there is no democracy left in Andhra Pradesh. With this being the scenario today, he is left with no choice but to don the role of an opposition leader.
Jagan however did not answer questions specifically to the downfall of the Congress as a result of this verdict. He also refused to comment on whether members of the Congress would join his party in the wake of this thumping win.
"All I have to say now is that the Congress played dirty and showed disrespect to the policies of my father. Moreover they had the audacity to use my father's name during the elections. They have claimed the legacy of YSR which is fake and this result is a slap on their face. They will continue to get further slapped by the voter if they continue to play truant with the voters by lying to them," he said.
"This result will show the people hope and in the years to come they will elect us in full strength to power in the state," he added.
