AICC supremo Sonia Gandhi seems to have shifted her focus to the situation in AP as opposition parties have been crying foul over power crisis. If buzz is to be believed, Sonia Gandhi is likely to send a high-level team from Delhi to study the ground realities in the state. The sources said in case the buzz is true, Sonia Gandhi would reportedly take a final call once the team submits its report to her. What would be that call? Change of the chief minister or something else? This has presumably been the only question engaging the thoughts of Congress leaders.

The buzz has it that AICC in charge of political affairs, Gulam Nabi Azad, political observer in the state Vayalar Ravi, defence minister A K Antony and a few others would visit Andhra Pradesh the moment monsoon session of the parliament concludes. Meanwhile, the sources said high command wants to change PCC chief and Botsa Satyanarayana was apparently given a choice to choose between PCC chief and minister post.  On Monday, deputy chief minister Damodara Rajanarasimha and minister Jana Reddy reportedly telephoned Botsa Satyanarayana to presumably find out the possible developments in the state in near future. There's also a buzz that Jana Reddy is in the queue to adorn chief minister's seat for quite sometime. Nonetheless, political observers opined that Congress high command may not focus on Jana Reddy or Geeta Reddy. They even said Chiranjeevi was the only better option available for Congress either to make PCC chief or chief minister. Now that there's a buzz on the high-level team to the state, the observers said scores of Chiru's admirers and people from backward communities pinned up their hopes on Chiranjeevi.

(AW Phani)