BJP has expressed support to the beleaguered YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. Party senior leader Muktar Abbas Naqvi has charged Congress party of using the CBI for oppressing its political opponents. He said the Congress got Jagan arrested because it was unable to digest his increasing popularity. He said it was ridiculous and funny that Congress was stating that it was not interfering with the CBI investigation. He has questioned why the CBI has arrested though there was no complaint against him.
Stating that the arrest of Jagan was giving rise to many suspicions, Naqvi has asked the election commission to intervene in the arrest of Jagan and several candidates of the YSR Congress party, just before the by-elections. He has asked the EC to take steps to ensure that by-elections were held in a free and transparent manner. He has also asked the Congress to desist from using the CBI for suppressing its opponents. (NSS)