Congress warns Jagan on yatra: Iron hand on New born leader

Independent Media

NEW DELHI: As Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy prepares to recommence his “odarpu yatra” from Thursday to meet and console the kin of those who died unable to bear the shock of the death of his father Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Congress high command on Tuesday issued a veiled threat to him to face the consequences if he defied its order.

Congress leaders here believe the yatra will aggravate the turbulent political situation in Andhra Pradesh. Congress spokesman Abishek Singhvi told journalists here: “All true committed and loyal Congressmen must observe both the party dharma and the Lakshman rekha of propriety and party discipline. The failure to do so would perforce lead to a chain of consequences, which are best avoidable. We hope compliance will take the place of defiance… party discipline, like law, does not discriminate between individuals.”

Chairman of the party media department and disciplinary committee Janardhan Dwivedi said a report on the issue had been sought from Congress general secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh and Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily. Mr. Moily is now in London and is expected back in Delhi on Monday.

Sources pointed out that Congress president Sonia Gandhi advised Mr. Reddy on June 29, during a meeting he and his family had with her, to arrange to meet all the families of the victims at one place instead of going on a yatra. If Mr. Reddy still decided to go ahead with the programme, there were chances of the high command even issuing a show-cause. They pointed out that the party in Delhi and A.P. wanted to concentrate on the Assembly by-elections in Telangana and nothing should divert its attention at this juncture. Mr. Reddy's similar attempt to recommence the yatra in Telangana areas on May 28 resulted in violence.

Media mafia: Media war in Andhra pradesh

In the name of Journalism, Media has become Mafia endangering the existance of Democaracy..

In the Veil of Eenadu minted money through.. various business like wise Sakshi.. andhr Jyothi....

its time to get the True news rather than their openion in the name of Breaking stories.. PTI, ANI, GOvt. of  India authorities shall look into this mater

 

Lakhs of families left homeless

Hyderabad
Oct. 4: Floods have economically ruined over one lakh families in the state. While many lost their life-long savings, others are not in a position to repair their houses.
Cash, clothes, utensils and other household articles were washed away in the floods. Self-employed petty businessmen are the worst hit as their shops were completely inundated in Mantralayam. Farmers, who invested up to Rs 50,000 for farming, lost their standing crops.
“We have become orphans. Though flood water is receding, many of us are unable to go back to homes which are in a dilapidated condition.
At the same time, we can’t stay in relief camps as there is no food and drinking water,” said M. Sreeram , a resident of Kurnool.
“The government may give us Rs 10,000 or Rs 20,000 as relief. But it is not sufficient as we have lost property worth over Rs 5 lakh,” said Mr Raghuvardhan Reddy from Mahbubnagar district.
“Unfortunately, we are not in a position to seek help from friends and relatives since they are also badly affected. We have to come to Hyderabad in search of livelihood as everything was shattered in the villages,” he added. Telugu Desam leaders said the Central assistance is need of the hour.

Andhra Congress has no objection YSR''s son becoming chief minister: Chief Whip

The Congress party''s Andhra Pradesh unit reportedly has no objection to Jaganmohan Reddy, the son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajsekhara Reddy, becoming the next chief minister of the state, the party unit''s chief whip said on Friday.

M. Bhatti Vikramarka, the Chief Whip of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee, said that the unanimous view was that Jaganmohan Reddy should be the leading candidate for the post to ensure continuity of his father''s most cherished development-related programs and also because of the public service that he was doing.

The comment comes as a fierce succession race has begun notwithstanding the Congress party''s decision to put off the selection of a new leader till early next week.

Seeking to cash in on an emotional wave of sympathy, loyalists of the deceased chief minister have reportedly unleashed a strident campaign for making his son, Jaganmohan Reddy, the new chief minister.

"Jagan knew the mind of Rajasekhara Reddy. He alone can finish the unfulfilled agenda of his father," said government chief whip Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka who is marshalling the MLAs in favour of Jagan.

Congress sources in Delhi have thrown up other names as possible successors. They include Union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy, Minister of State for Defence M. Pallam Raju, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N T Rama Rao''s daughter and junior Union minister Purandeshwari Devi and acting chief minister M K Rosaiah.

Almost all the state ministers, about 22 MPs and several Congress legislators have pitched for Jaganmohan Reddy through the media even as hundreds of party workers gathered at the secretariat,

CM''s camp office, Gandhi Bhavan and various traffic intersections are vocally making a similar demand.

The Jagan group has reportedly met Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily at the Lake View guest house to pursue their demand even as many Congress MLAs faxed individual memorandum to the party headquarters in New Delhi in support of Jaganmohan Reddy as CM.

They also called on Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari and submitted a list of 122 signatures in support of him being made the chief minister.

According to sources, there was even an attempt to pressure the governor to swear in Jagan as acting CM immediately, but that was abandoned as Rosaiah had already been sworn in by the time the loyalists reached Raj Bhavan.

Jagan, 36, is a first time MP from Kadapa and is merely 100 days old in politics. While Veerappa Moily made it clear that Rosaiah was only an interim CM and that the Congress high command will chose YSR''s successor in the next few days.