Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Botcha Satyanarayana said here on Friday that it was Kadapa MP Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and not the Congress who was desperate to get the by-elections postponed by triggering violence.
Addressing a press
conference, Mr. Satyanarayana ridiculed Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy's
allegation that the Congress Government had conspired with other parties
and agencies to get the by-elections put off by unleashing violence and
blaming it on him.
Denies charge
“Why
should we postpone the elections? We had taken a conscious decision to
disqualify the Congress MLAs who defied the party whip during voting on
the no-confidence motion. Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy is trying to deflect the
attention from the CBI case by levelling allegations against us,” he
said.
He denied the charge that the government had conspired to get him arrested ahead of the by-polls.
“The
case against him was filed in August last. If we were really interested
in fixing him, the arrest would have taken place long back,” he said.
Nexus with criminals
Mr.
Jagan was facing the cases because of his own wrongdoings and several
others were paying the price for his illegal actions. “Our own Minister
has landed in custody because he signed the file to benefit Vanpic at
the behest of then Chief Minister Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy,” he said.
The
PCC chief accused Mr. Jagan of being hand-in-glove with criminal
elements and cited his association with Mangali Krishna, an accused in
the arms selling case and murders. He wanted people to see through the
game plan of the YSR Congress leader and give a fitting reply to him in
the by-electionsfrom Hindu
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