Cracks in Andhra Congress Widen as Jagan Steps Up Attack


Hyderabad, July 12 (IANS) The war within Andhra Pradesh's ruling Congress is turning bitter by the day with MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the son of the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, directly targeting Chief Minister K. Rosaiah.

The young MP wondered why Rosaiah was afraid of losing his chair because of his 'odarpu yatra'. After making indirect attacks on the leadership for preventing ministers and legislators from accompanying him, Jagan, as he is popularly known, launched a direct attack on the veteran leader.

Stating that he was not after the chief minister's post, Jagan wanted to know why Rosaiah was afraid of him. "Am I here for the odarpu yatra or for the chief minister's post," the young leader asked the crowd at Ranasthalam in Srikakulam district Sunday night.

"I fail to understand why the chief minister will loose his chair because of the yatra. I also fail to understand why they are politicising it," he said.

Defying the central leadership, Jagan continued his campaign for the fifth day Monday. After covering Srikakulam district, he entered East Godavari district Monday to console the families of those who died of shock following the death of his father and then chief minister in a helicopter crash in September last year.

No minister or legislator joined in in Srikakulam but at least two ministers and six legislators have announced that they would join Jagan in East Godavari district.

Jagan had already hit out at the leadership for not allowing ministers and legislators to join his yatra and pointed out that their family members had come out in his support.

With the Kadapa MP finally getting some open support from ministers and legislators, alarm bells have started ringing in the ruling party. Ministers, legislators and party leaders loyal to Rosaiah have hit back at Jagan saying nobody was being prevented from joining his campaign. Some senior leaders have accused him of damaging the party through his yatra.

Worried over the impact the open wrangling is having on the government, some senior cabinet ministers, who were loyal to late chief minister Rajasekhara Reddy, began efforts for a truce between Jagan and Rosaiah.

  

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  • Langoolacharya, Belman/USA

    Mon, Jul 12 2010

    Mrs sonia Gandhi,

    Please send AICC incharge for AP affairs Dr M Veerappa Moilyji to Andhra to persuade Mr Jagan Reddy to stop his rally....

    If he cant "second vidhvan" can try his luck...!!!

    Jai Hooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  • Vera Alvares, Mumbai

    Mon, Jul 12 2010

    If Jagan is not after the CM's chair why is he so determined to defy the Congress High Command to hold his yatra? What will the yatra gain for him? To deflect critisism from his hidden ambition of grabbing his late father's chair, he is brashly taunting the present CM of being afraid of him!! What cheek!! From the layman's point of view it seems as though hereditory rule is more a rule than an exception in the Congress party!No wonder he is wondering why the High Command did not give him his father's chair....maybe the HC knew how highly ambitious he is!!!
    Who says politics is dirty?

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE/YANBU-KSA

    Mon, Jul 12 2010

    The rift bound to happen later sooner because Jagan have aligned with Bellary Reddy brothers in the mining bussiness.AP's political polarisation started the day when Chiru jumped in to politics.Both party's aim is to cut the size of influence one another.

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