The recent results of the Graduate MLC polls have left the YSRCP party in shock. The opposition TDP has swept three out of three seats, scoring a zero for YSRCP. The party's leader, CM Jagan, expressed his disappointment with the functioning of ministers and senior leaders in the party, blaming them for not taking the polls seriously and not delivering the result. Before the elections, YV Subba Reddy, a senior leader of the party, had described the polls as a referendum for governance and emphasized their significance in deciding the public mandate for 2024. However, the result has been a major setback for the government.
Interestingly, CM Jagan's home district Kadapa, along with Kurnool and Anantapur, voted against the government. Rayalaseema West and Rayalaseema East, along with Nellore, Prakasam, and Chittoor, have also given a shock to YSRCP. Following the results, ruling party leaders are in defence, and Subba Reddy's comments have backfired, pushing them into oblivion. Several leaders and ministers are caught off-guard.
Reportedly, CM Jagan has taken the results of the Graduate MLC polls seriously and has taken ministers, MLAs, and leaders to task. Some ministers threw blame on MLAs, with one complaining against a local MLA for not spending funds in the MLC election, while another minister said that an MLA did not answer their phone calls. Hearing these excuses, CM Jagan reportedly became serious with the ministers, questioning why they did not have a grip over the MLAs. Some ministers had predicted defeat before the polls, but they could not dare to inform the CM. Jagan reportedly warned the ministers that he would replace them with his own people in the coming polls. Overall, the Graduate MLC poll result has stirred a hornet's nest in YSRCP.
