Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and senior
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has taken serious exception to the
charges levelled by YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
against virtually everyone for framing him.
He pointed out that the investigation was initiated by the High Court and nobody should blame the judiciary.
Mr.
Azad, who is on a visit to the State to campaign for the by-election,
addressed a well-attended public meeting at the Indira grounds here on
Sunday, where he made a scathing attack on Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy. “You
blame the Congress, the investigation agencies, the media and even the
judiciary. Should the whole world keep its eyes shut when you go on
making thousands of crores of rupees through corrupt means?” Mr. Azad
said. Pointing to the arrest of former Chief Ministers Madhu Koda
(Jharkhand) and B.S. Yeddyurappa (Karnataka), former Union Ministers
Suresh Kalmadi, A. Raja among others, irrespective of whether they
belonged to the Congress, its allies or opposition parties, a
visibly-enraged Mr. Azad wanted to know why Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy was
making a fuss of his arrest. “When so many are behind bars for indulging
in corruption, what does he think of himself? Did he jump from heaven?”
he said. Referring to his close working relationship with former Chief
Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Mr. Azad said he had great respect for
the departed soul and his wife, but indicated that ‘his son does not
deserve it'. Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy took a jibe at the
YSRCP president by saying that he was put behind bars only for indulging
in corruption and not for being the champion of the masses. Members of
Parliament Chinta Mohan and K. Chiranjeevi sharpened their attack on the
Kadapa MP for taking corruption to a new high, while PCC chief Botcha
Satyanarayana recalled the development schemes of Congress. Ministers
Galla Aruna Kumari, K. Parthasarathy, party candidate M. Venkatramana
took part.
from Hindu
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