Congress leaders on Sunday took serious exception to what they called ‘intemperate’ and ‘objectionable’ remarks by YSR Congress chief Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy against their leaders Sonia Gandhi and Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy.
Referring to the ‘Samaikya Sankharavam’ public meeting by the YSR Congress here on Saturday, Congress leaders found it strange that Mr. Jagan chose to target the Chief Minister, who was opposing bifurcation of the State tooth and nail.
Congress MP from Vijayawada Lagadapati Rajagopal and Rajya Sabha member V.Hanumantha Rao hit out at the Kadapa MP. Mr. Rajagopal accused Mr. Jagan of eyeing the Chief Minister’s seat by taking up the slogan of united Andhra Pradesh.
Accusing the YSR Congress chief of entering into an understanding with the Congress leadership, Mr. Rajagopal said the former has become an adopted son of the ruling party.
The fact that the YSRCP leader did not utter a word against the TRS only proved that the two parties were part of a deal to back the Congress.
Mr. Hanumantha Rao on the other hand sought to know why Mr. Jagan kept silent when his father had encouraged leaders from Telangana to raise the demand for separate State.
At the fag end of the press conference addressed by Mr. Rajagopal, a remark made by him against representatives of a Telugu channel and newspaper owned by Mr. Jagan led to arguments.
From Hindu
