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TDP fends off Jagan attack
TDP Fends Off Jagan Attack, The attempt made by YSRCP leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy to target Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on the issue of corruption boomeranged on the party as the ruling party repeatedly raised the issue of his own record in the matter.
- House passes a resolution lauding Centre’s move to unearth black moneyS YSRCP chief tries to corner govt on corruption and black money issues
- He addresses Chandrababu directly and levels charges. Yanamala snubs him
- TDP also turns the tables on him, points out his ‘exceptional record’
- It asks him who was in jail for 16 months and whose assets worth hundreds of crores were attached
Hyderabad: The attempt made by YSRCP leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy to target Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on the issue of corruption boomeranged on the party as the ruling party repeatedly raised the issue of his own record in the matter.
It all happened during a discussion on a resolution on black money moved by the Chief Minister in the House today. Opposition leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy appreciating the Centre's initiatives to flush out black money and curb corruption Jagan referred to the huge expenditure “by some parties” in the recent elections.
He said, “ I do not know if it is black money, but if you go to the constituencies, people will explain who spent how much,” inviting a sharp reaction from the Treasury benches.
Jagan then alleged that Naidu had got inquiries into the allegations of corruption against him stalled on "technical and other grounds.” He also referred to the "diaries" of alleged hawala kingpin Hasan Ali in which he reportedly mentioned delivering money to "two Chief Ministers" towards election expenditure in 2004. "If you are serious about black money, you should get an inquiry done into the Ali diaries as well and establish the truth," Jagan said, directly naming the Chief Minister.
The Legislative Affairs Minister Y Ramakrishnudu immediately cut Jagan short and objected to the manner in which the latter addressed the Leader of the House in the Assembly (Naidu). "Your language is unparliamentary. You cannot address the Leader of the House in such a fashion," Yanamala told Jagan. Yanamala said Jagan talking about corruption and black money was like devils preaching sermons.
He said, “there is no TDP member in the house who spent 16 months in jail. There is no other member whose properties worth Rs 1,100 crore were attached (by the Enforcement Directorate). There is no other member against whom charges of amassing Rs 1 lakh crore are levelled and there is no other member against whom the CBI filed charge-sheets alleging corruption to the tune of Rs 43,000 crore.” At this Jagan appeared to have relented and promptly announced that he was fully supporting the resolution.
