Jagan team is camping in Delhi for the past two days and the entire local media shifted its attention from AP to Delhi. Everyone was literally interested to know as to what was going on in Delhi and speculations were literally high. Vijayamma, the honorary president of YSR Congress party, met the prime minister Manmohan Singh. The team is also scheduled to meet several party leaders.

This tour by YSRC leaders lead by Vijayamma gained momentum since presidential elections are round the corner. And UPA doesn't want to take a chance this time as Sangma is giving a tough competition. In fact, MIM MP Asadduddin Owaisi met Jaganmohan Reddy at Chanchalguda jail recently. He asked Jagan to support Pranab Mukherjee's candidature.

Many political analysts and also some Congress activists predicted that YSRC leaders would support UPA's candidate in presidential elections. So, what everyone was apparently wondering was whether YSRC leaders went to Delhi to discuss the same. But, if we look at the developments in the state, MIM leaders maintained absolute silence and didn't comment Jaganmohan Reddy when he was arrested and over the subsequent allegations Vijayamma made. So, chances of YSRC leaders listening to MIM were bright. However, some Congress leaders lashed out heavily at YS Vijayamma. One among them was Lagadapati Rajagopal. Analysts said Vijayawada MP Lagadapati's statements against Vijayamma not only presumably made Congress taste defeat in bypolls, but the same statements would most likely make YSRC MPs vote against Pranab Mukherjee.

Just like how every drop counts, every vote counts for presidential election especially when there is a tough competition. In case, Pranab Mukherjee fails to adorn the President seat, then he will apparently not have an option to return to politics too. All in all, this is apparently the first time that presidential polls turned so interesting.

(AW Phani)