Tempo around YS JAGAN

Vijayawada: A section of the Congress leaders are building tempo around Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy's son, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, as an electrifying force for youth.

These sections of leaders, who are already loyal to YS, see a greater force in Jagan and want him to be active in politics. The leaders have been holding meetings across the State inviting Jagan into active politics.

Jagan, on his part, is maintaining distance from such invitations as he wishes to concentrate more on his media line, rather than the political line. The ABC audited report of Sakshi is scheduled to arrive by the end of September or in the first week of October, which would give a standard to the newspaper. It is said that Jagan is leaving no stone unturned to grab the tag of "Largest Circulated Daily" which is now with Eenadu. The tag would help the paper get more advertisements and make it self-sufficient, which is now running on losses.

After the ABC auditing, Jagan, according to the inside sources, is planning to stretch his hands on his television channel. He had already handpicked a handful of journalists for the channel. The launching of the channel would follow the English daily.

As the media agenda is too big, Jagan wants to pay more attention to this than politics. However, his political advisors have also cautioned him against losing the political glamour, which he enjoys now as son of the Chief Minister.

"Once Jagan is active in the Congress, he would be like Rahul for Andhra Pradesh," is what a section of leaders say with confidence. These leaders are now pinning all their hopes on the political entry of Jagan and are ready to follow him as they did for YS during Padayatra before 2004 elections.