Chief Minister blasts Jagan

                                                                              

Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday charged YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy with betraying the cause of his own father and former chief minister late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

Addressing a late night election meeting here, Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy said YSR was loyal to the Congress party and its president Sonia Gandhi till he breathed his last and wished that Rahul Gandhi should become the Prime Minister after the 2014 general elections.

He expressed his last wish at a party meeting in Hyderabad a couple of days before his death in the chopper crash.

But Jagan is launching a malicious campaign against Ms. Sonia, holding her responsible for his arrest. Is it not betrayal on the part of Jagan?” he asked. Had YSR been alive, he would continue to be with the Congress like a loyal soldier but his son was out to pull down the very structure which gave shelter to his family, he said.

The Chief Minister made it clear that the Congress governments at the Centre and in the State got nothing to do with the implication of Jagan in the illegal assets case or his arrest by the CBI.

Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy avoided any mention of Jagan's mother Vijayamma who was blaming the Congress government and Ms. Sonia for her son's arrest while taking part in election rallies in Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts. He, however, made a cautious bid to counter the “mother sentiment” being played by Ms. Vijayamma in support of her son.

Incidentally, Ms. Vijayamma is scheduled to hold similar rallies in Narsapur and Polavaram for two days from Friday.

In an indirect reference to the suspicions raised by Ms. Vijayamma about the death of her husband, he said, “The Congress made YSR Chief Minister twice, a record of sorts in the party. How could such a party kill its beloved leader?” He counselled YSR Congress leaders not to stoop to cheap politics to garner votes.

from Hindu