Parting ways with the YSR Congres Party (YSRCP) seems to be inevitable in the present situation for former Energy Minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy who is sticking to his guns on his decision to resign as the party’s regional coordinator even after intervention by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Cabinet rejig
Mr. Srinivasa Reddy, who has been calling the shots in the party especially in the undivided Prakasam district after quitting the Congress in 2011, felt alienated following the emergence of alternative power centres in the party after he was dropped from the State Cabinet midway through the current term even as A. Suresh from Yerragondapalem retained his berth in the Cabinet, according to sources close to Mr. Srinivasa Reddy.