Assailed from all sides by accusations of inaction, and, at the same time, bolstered by the success in the recent local body elections, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy seems to finally have found his voice.
The CM, who is flying to Delhi to attend an AICC meeting convened by vice-president Rahul Gandhi, has resolved to meet the Congress high command and demand more freedom to operate as he wishes.
While Jagan's party and the Telangana issue have been hurting the credibility of the party in the state, the Chief Minister feels that he can handle it all much better is his reigns are loosened further.
He is also likely to ask for the replacement of Botsa Satyanarayana as APCC Chief. Botsa and CM have never worked too well together, and the CM is reportedly going to request them to appoint someone "more cooperative to the government".