Days after setting a date for the resignation of its MPs, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has again taken the 'lead' in exerting pressure on the NDA to grant special status to Andhra Pradesh. On Tuesday, the YSRCP announced that it will move a no-confidence motion against the Modi government on March 21.
The party said it will garner support of other political parties in the run-up to March 21.
Speaking to the media, senior YSRCP leader Ambati Rambabu said that it will need the support of at least 50 MPs to move the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha. Since the party has just 5 MPs in Parliament, he said the support of MPs of other parties is important.
The YSRCP also questioned the motives of actor and Janasena party founder Pawan Kalyan who was accused of attacking it while going soft on the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
The actor had dared the YSRCP to introduce a no-confidence motion, responding to which leader of opposition, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, said his party would do so. Immediately after this reaction, Kalyan held a press meet on Monday and said that he was ready to seek support from across the country in case the YSRCP keeps its promise.
The YSRCP criticised the actor for failing to convince his ally in the 2014 elections, TDP, to pull out its ministers from the Central government and rally with the YSRCP to move the no-confidence motion.
Reddy had announced during his ‘Praja Sankalpa Yatra’ last week that all his MPs will resign on April 6, in case the Centre does not accede to their demand. The party has also finalised a plan of action for the next two months including holding protests in Delhi.
Meanwhile, the TDP is trying hard to defend its stand. TDP supremo and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had said that a no-confidence motion would not yield the desired result as the BJP had a majority in the Lok Sabha.
Later, he seemingly attempted to 'harden' his stance, saying a no-confidence option will be used as a last resort to build pressure on the Centre.