Hyderabad, March 25: Telugu Desam has derided former Kadapa MP, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy group’s ‘pompous claims’ of victory in the MLC elections from local authorities constituencies.
In a statement, TDP polit bureau member K. Yerran Naidu wondered what was great about the win, given the large amount of money Mr. Jagan’s group spent on buying Congress MPTCs and patently undemocratic and immoral means adopted by it.
Co-opting the independents’ victory as its own smacked of political bankruptcy, he said.
He also found it strange for Jagan group to accuse TDP with having an understanding with Congress after entering a match-fixing deal with the latter in Kurnool and Anantapur. He recalled how the group had been admitting MLAs from TDP and Praja Rajyam.
Mr. Naidu said Mr. Jagan’s return to Congress was inevitable going by past trend and cited the instances of Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, Marri Channa Reddy, P. Chidambaram, Sharad Pawar, Mamata Banerjee either returning to the party fold or joining the alliance led by Congress. People should know how Jagan group MLAs cast their votes in favour of MIM which was supported by Congress in the recent MLC elections. Mr. Jagan’s only agenda was to somehow become the Chief Minister, he added.
-Agencies