Ambati slams media baron for threat complaint

Ysr Congress Party on Friday said that the very same group which worked against YSR is trying to defame YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to gain some mileage in the ensuing by-election.

“The request of a media baron to provide security to him and his group of companies as he perceives threat following the possible arrest of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is nothing but a ploy to confuse Kovvur voters before the by-elections,” party spokesperson Ambati Rambabu told reporters here.

Ambati asked whether any attack was carried out against the media baron and his companies when his newspapers published stories against YS Rajasekhara Reddy during his five-year-and-three-month term. He said the allegations were creation of media baron to confuse the voters and try to deviate their attention, he said.

“In the first place the media man should first spell out as to where from did he get the news that Jagan would be arrested, which is the premise of his request to provide security. How did he foresee that there would be loss to his property? “he asked.

Ambati said that the move was sending a subtle message and was damaging. "Our party will not tolerate such unethical means," he said. 

"The press should be asking why a person will be arrested instead of writing that someone will be arrested without showing any plausible evidence. Beyond that here is a person who feels a threat, perceived or otherwise, and seeks protection. The ploy is only to defame Jagan Mohan Reddy and try to gain some support on the eve of the by-elections," Ambati said. 

Asserting that the party will get a resolute majority in Kovur, while the ruling Congress and opposition TDP are keenly contesting for minor placing in all the constituencies, he said, it was Kadapa and Pulivendula first, now the seven seats followed by 17 and the results would be the same for them.

He also took strong objection to the remarks of Chandrababu Naidu against YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. He said both the Congress and TDP would be cut to size in the by-elections. "A day will come when the truth of land allotments to the media baron will also come out and his turn of turmoil is in the offing. Neither TDP nor Congress or both the parties put together can save him when things come out into the open," he said.