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Jagan Mohan Reddy clinging on to "Telugu" era to gain votes?
At a massive rally of over one lakh people in Hyderabad, YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy made his support in next year's Lok Sabha elections conditional, saying he will back any party that is for a united Andhra Pradesh.
Jagan exhorted the national political parties to stop the bifurcation
Lashing out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi for "playing with the lives of Telugu people" and "murdering democracy in broad daylight", Reddy called on Telugu people on Saturday to give 30 Lok Sabha seats to his party in general elections, so as to stop the division of Andhra Pradesh.
"Do
you
know
the
history
of
Andhra
Pradesh?
You
are
playing
with
the
future
of
our
children
only
to
make
your
son
Prime
Minister.
Is
it
justified?"
Jagan
said
referring
to
Sonia,
at
his
first
rally
here
after
release
on
bail
last
month.
He
called
upon
the
people
to
unite
and
thwart
the
politics
of
"divide
and
rule"
and
"votes
and
seats".
He also said he was confident the people of Andhra Pradesh will give his party 30 Lok Sabha seats in next year's general elections to stop the bifurcation of the state.
"This is a fight between Delhi's arrogance and Telugu people's self-respect," the Kadapa MP said. "Let us win 30 Lok Sabha seats. We will then see who will and who can divide Andhra Pradesh. If we win 30 seats, we can make someone who will keep Andhra Pradesh united the Prime Minister."
He also exhorted the national political parties to stop the bifurcation. "If you remain silent now, a similar thing may happen in your state in future ... it could be West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka and even Punjab. I don't know if (Prime Minister) Manmohan Singh will accept division of Punjab," he said.
Jagan also came down heavily on governor ESL Narasimhan and chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy for "backstabbing the state" on the bifurcation. "We repeatedly appealed to both of them to convene a special session of the assembly to pass a resolution against the proposed bifurcation ... If the resolution is passed, Delhi will be forced to backtrack.
"But our pleas fell on deaf ears." He was also critical of Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu for seeking "packages" over the state division.
With PTI inputs
OneIndia News
