Jagan brought disrepute to YSR: Anam

While welcoming the Cbi Inquiry into the alleged illegal accumulation of wealth by Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy, Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy asked Jagan to take a definite and clear stand on his political career instead of throwing the entire blame on YSR and his then cabinet colleagues for any decision taken on irregular allotments of land to his business partners and Dubai-based Emaar Properties.

The Minister lashed out at Jagan's close aides, Balineni Srinivasa Rao and former minister Konathala Ramakrishna, for their comments and asked them to spell out their share in the ‘illegal’ wealth amassed and advised them not to sling mud at others without any basis. He said it was Jagan who brought his father YSR into the controversy by stating that entire YSR cabinet should be held responsible for the decisons taken on irregular land allotments.

"Jagan chose to find fault with his father YSR who had the distinction of being in the state and central politics for over 35 years. Whereas no political leader tried to blame YSR for the current ‘illegal’ wealth, Jagan, in order to find an escape route, accused his father of taking decisions on irregular land allotments," he said.

Jagan’s earlier stand welcoming any inquiry and his volte-face later on CBI probe was something unparallel in the country, the minister said. Even YSR welcomed a CBI probe always on any issue that called for it. Jagan’s utterances defamed his father and his popularity took a beating. The selfish motive as adopted by YS Jagan Reddy it to the ‘chair’ and to protect his skin while pulling others into the ‘trap’, came in for severe criticism particularly when he had indulged in tall talk over the CBI and then seeking a stay from the Apex Court, Anam said.

“We hail CBI enquiry because the state’s top judicial body had ordered that the investigating agency should get to the bottom to unearth the ‘skeletons’, to bring to book those who indulged in money laundering and amassed illegal wealth," Anam Ramnarayana Reddy said. He also sought to clarify before the media that when Jagan Reddy emphatically said that his business was a role model, now he should welcome the said probe to set at rest all things and clarified that there was no ‘witch hunting' from congress or Sonia Gandhi or from any section of the ruling party.