Son manipulated YSR for favours

                                                                                   
Jagan Mohan Reddy misused power during the tenure of his father, the late Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, who was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from May 14, 2004, until his death. Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy took advantage of his position by procuring favours from the government and misled government officials and ministers into allotting various valuable assets, including SEZ for mining and ports and got approvals for contracts of several land deals for the benefit of his companies and for personal gain.
Taking advantage of his father’s powers and authority, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy coerced public servants, officials and ministers to illegally favour his aides and his companies at the cost of the public. Moreover, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy has direct links with many white-collar offenders as well as land grabbers. His role in the offences committed by him and his companies have already been established in the investigation done by the Central Bureau of Investigation and he will be prosecuted according to the law.
No one is above the law in a democratic country like ours. Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy has committed various offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Indian Penal Code, the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act and Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Act. Hence, an appropriate agency like the Central Bureau of Investigation was directed to investigate the alleged acts of criminal misconduct committed by Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy and his associates during YSR’s tenure.
Following the investigations conducted by the CBI, several illegal acts committed by Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy, his aides and other associates were established. It also came to light that a lot of public property was diverted to private agencies by way of favours in allotment of lands, SEZs, mines, government contracts and that the beneficiaries in turn invested in Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy’s group of companies as quid pro quo. Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy manipulated his father, the then chief minister, to devise various ingenious methods to ensure that the state policy and the state largesse ends up in the hands of private individuals and firms that had business transactions with his family and friends.
It is also alleged that Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, who was the pivotal policy maker of the state, had leaked these policies in advance to Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy for personal benefit of individuals and corporates including the firms owned and promoted by Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy and his aides.
In the process of law, every person or entity that has direct or indirect links with those accused of looting public money and property will be punished according to law; besides the properties and money looted which will be recovered, in public interest. Thus, all those involved with Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy. with the objective and intention of looting public money by misleading the government, have committed serious criminal offences by misusing their power and authority.
Nama Nageswara Rao is an MP and TD Parliamentary party leader
from DC