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RS Seat: Jagan Gives Weapon To Rivals

RS Seat: Jagan Gives Weapon To Rivals

YSR Congress party president Y S Jagamohan Reddy has given the Rajya Sabha ticket to his close aide and former auditor of his group companies V Vijay Sai Reddy.

It was very much expected, as Sai Reddy has been the party general secretary for over two years and has been loyal to YSR family.

So far so good. But, what has surprised media and political observers is the reason given by Jagan while defending his decision to field Sai Reddy for the RS seat.

He said: “Sai Reddy has been the co-accused in the CBI cases filed against me. He had to run around the courts and jails for my sake. At one stage, he was under pressure from the CBI to turn an approver against me, but he refused and stood by me all along. That is why, I am reciprocating his loyalty with the Rajya Sabha seat.”

This is shocking. It gives a sharp weapon to the rivals, particularly the Telugu Desam Party, to attack him.

By saying that Sai Reddy was an accused in the CBI cases and was under pressure to turn an approver, Jagan indirectly admitted that the cases against him were genuine and Sai Reddy had protected him by not turning an approver.

Moreover, it gives an impression that Sai Reddy was given the Rajya Sabha ticket only to pre-empt him from turning an approver in future.

Does it not show the immature thinking of Jagan politically?

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