RRR and a never ending saga of blame games

YSRCP member and Narasapuram MP Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, more popularly known as the rebel minister of the YSRCP, has had a very conflicting relationship with the members of his own party, and with the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh – YS Jagan Mohan Reddy – itself.

RRR started to go against almost everything that the YSRCP wanted to do, from wanting to introduce English medium in all schools, to the 3 Capital idea that the CM put forth. RRR even went on to make derogatory comments on his own party and its members, including the CM, based on caste, religion and other aspects. No one knows the reason for RRR’s hate against his own party, given that the MP never supported his party at any time. In fact, he also regularly claims that he won the elections because of his power and status, and not because of Jagan, or the party’s backing.

RRR regularly held press conferences where he used bad mouth the CM and the YSRCP. This trend of RRR’s stopped only after his arrest by the CBCID, and after the Supreme Court granted conditional bail to the MP, where he isn’t supposed to talk to the media. Post his arrest though, RRR started an entirely new story, with allegations of having experienced thrid degree torture while under the CID’s custody.

Now that he is not able to make any direct comments, RRR is writing letters, and in his latest letter to the CM, Raju said that MP Vijayasai Reddy is making objectionable statements against MANSAS Chairperson Ashok Gajapatiraju. The public is looking at this in an ironical manner, given that RRR wasn’t someone with a disciplinary language previously. He only mended his ways now.

On the other hand, a group of Dalits recently filed a complaint against RRR, seeking his arrest as he has never bothered about the development of his own constituency. This is indeed true, as the MP has always been confined to Delhi and Hyderabad, and was never seen on a single tour in his constituency. Raju continues to have opposers and supporters, and with three more years of his post as an MP remaining, it is now to be seen what political scenarios that will result in.