Hyderabad : The YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy appears to have ditched collection king Mohan Babu who has aspired for an Assembly ticket from the party.

Mohan Babu gave rise to speculations about his joining the YSR Congress after he met Jagan in  the Chanchalguda jail and sang paeans to him and to his father Dr. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. He has strengthened the speculations by announcing that he would be contesting in the next elections. He however kept everyone guessing on which party he would be joining.

It is learnt that Mohan Babu has set certain conditions for joining the party and Jagan has not accepted those conditions. According to information, Mohan Babu asked for a seat with winning chances in the Seemandhra region, as the Chittoor Assembly and the Lok Sabha seats were reserved to the backward classes. It is learnt that Jagan sent word that the party would not finalize tickets to anyone until the schedule for the 2014 elections was announced. It is learnt that hurt by Jagan’s reply, Mohan Babu started exploring other options.