The Central Bureau of Investigation successfully managed to keep YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in jail till Sunday and prevent him from campaigning in the by-election.
Now that the campaigning came to a close on Sunday, it is now being curiously watched whether Jagan would be able to get bail at least now.
The CBI custody of Jagan has ended and so is his 14-day judicial remand. He will have to be produced before the CBI court on Monday and he will get an opportunity to move the bail petition again.
In the normal conditions, the court should not have any objection to grant bail to Jagan, unless it decides to extend the judicial remand for another two weeks on the pretext of gravity of the case, as was done in the case of former minister Mopidevi Venkataramana. So, the chances of Jagan getting the bail are very bleak.
In case, Jagan comes out of the jail on bail, it will be a morale booster for his party cadres at the time of announcement of results of by-elections. There will be huge victory celebrations and Jagan is bound to initiate steps to split the Congress party and bring it down.
