Hyderabad, Dec.12 (NSS): TDP senior leader Yanamala Rama Krishnudu has lashed out at the Congress and the YSR Congress by stating that they do not have clarity on the Telangana issue or the SC categorization.
In a statement here on Wednesday, he said the YSR Congress has copied everything from its name, schemes, flag and agenda. There was total confusion on the policies among the leaders and cadres, he said and added that every one was wondering how long the party would last, if its leader would come out, how many presidents were there and whose word should be followed.
He said even MLAs and MPs were in confusion on these matters. He said they were unable to know what stands they should take in the Assembly and Parliament as there was no direction from the top.
He said while Congress opposed both Telangana and SC categorization, the YSRCP was in confusion on these matters.
He said they were unable to know what stands they should take in the Assembly and Parliament as there was no direction from the top.
He said while the Congress opposed both Telangana and SC categorization, the YSRCP was in confusion on these matters.
Yanamala said that while Vijayamma spoke on the SC, ST sub-plan in the Assembly on one line, her party MLC Jupudi Prabhakara Rao spoke on another line in the Council.
Stating that both the Mala and Madiga associations were criticizing the YSRCP for not taking a definite stand, he said while Meka Seshu Babu of the party had absconded in the Council, C Narayana Reddy and Tippa Reddy boycotted the voting and Jupudi voted for the government in the Council.
This four-way expression of stand on a single issue showed the state of confusion the party was in. He demanded that Jupudi should clarify whether his stand was his personal or the stand of the party. He said the fact that the party has approved the amendment in Assembly and opposed it in the Council has shown that it had no definite stand on the key issue.
Yanamala said that the same state of confusion prevailed earlier also during the President and Vice-President elections. He said while Jagan came out and voted for the Congress candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential poll, they had boycotted the vice-presidential poll. Yanamala also alleged that the YSR Congress has not voted because the vice presidential candidate Hamid Ansari was a Muslim.
He also pointed out that while YSRCP MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy had voted against the government on the FDI issue in the Lok Sabha, Sabbam Hari another MP supporting Jagan had voted for the government.
He also questioned why Jagan had not utilized the opportunity of coming out and voting in the FDI issue like he did during the Presidential election. He also pointed out that the YSRCP canddates won the by-elections on an anti-Congress stand and at the same time voted for Congress candidates for Speaker and Deputy Speaker posts in the Assembly. He said the same inconsistency was prevailing even on the no trust issue as Sharmila was stating that there should be such a move while another leader Balineni Srinivasa reddy was stating that no-confidence motion was not to be thought of, until Jagan came out from Jail.
Expressing a strong suspicion that the YSRCP would be merged in the Congress, Yanamala has asked people to be cautious about the party.
–Agencies