Jagan never sought resignations: Amarnath

The U-turn taken by Secunderabad MLA Jayasudha and Anantapur MLA Gurunath Reddy over resignation from their posts has forced the YSR Congress party to go on a back foot.

Rajampet MLA Amarnath Reddy on Wednesday claimed that the YSR Congress party president and Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy never asked any MLA to resign from the posts. However, it was due to their love and affection towards the former Chief Minister Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy that the MLAs have submitted their resignation voluntarily, he said.

Talking to mediapersons, Amarnath Reddy said that Jagan Mohan Reddy never intended to destabilise the present Congress government or tried to bring revolt within the Congress party. But 26 Congress MLAs who were angry over the inclusion of YSR's name in the FIR of Central Bureau of Investigation in Jagan's disproportionate assets case unanimously decided to resign from their post. "Jagan never asked us to resign and he was never consulted on this issue," he said.

Amarnath Reddy claimed that it was the individual decision and the YSR Congress party was not responsible or behind their resignations. He said there was no question of going back on resignation. "We will not withdraw resignations at any cost," he said. He predicted that many more Congress MLAs would resign in protest against the injustices being done to YSR and his family members. He said the Congress leaders should never forget that it was YSR who brought the Congress party to power for two consecutive terms.

Rajampet MLA said that the Congress and TDP leaders were conspiring to malign the image of Jagan Mohan Reddy and levelling baseless allegations against him. He described the on-going CBI case against Jagan as part of the Congress plot to tarnish the image of Jagan.