There is a buzz in political circles that all hurdles have been cleared for the YSR Congress Party President and Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to get bail in the alleged illegal assets case.
The Congress central leadership at the highest level is said to have given the green signal for his reprieve.
A major indication of this is the unequivocal assertion on the part of the the party high command that there will be no going back on formation of Telangana state.
One might wonder as to what is the connection between the state's bifurcation and Jagan's release from jail on bail.
However, there is a political angle to it. For the Congress to move forward on the Telangana formation process, it needs a back-up in the Seemandhra region and it is here that Jagan's assurance of support to the UPA becomes crucial.
It is said that an understanding has been reached between the Kadapa MP and the Congress high command regarding the future political arrangement.
Based on this assurance, the Congress bosses have given the go-ahead for creating conducive atmosphere for Jagan to obtain bail in the disproportionate assets case.
Once the state is bifurcated, the Congress will have to face a certain rout in Seemandhra because of the extent of public anger in the region and it desperately wants Jagan to fill that political space and later extend the support to the UPA.
Post-bifurcation, the Congress would anyway reap rich electoral harvest in Telangana.
The faster the Congress leadership moves ahead on Telangana statehood issue, the clearer the path for Jagan to walk out on bail, it is said.
According to several surveys conducted by the national media, the YSR Congress Party has emerged as a dominant force in the Seemandhra region.
"In these difficult times when the people of Seemandhra have hit the streets demanding justice, it is my responsibility to be by their side and support them in all possible ways. I have never influenced the course of the investigation or the witnesses in the case. I may kindly be granted bail since the Supreme Court's time-frame for completion of investigations has ended," Jagan had pleaded with the special CBI court in his bail petition.
The verdict is expected to come on Sept 23.
Jagan is lodged in Chanchalguda central jail in Hyderabd since his arrest by the CBI in May last year in connection with the disproportionate assets case.
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