Nation understood, not Cong. TDP: Jagan

B Kothakota (Chittoor dist), Jan 5 (INN): Expressing deep concern over the degrading of political values, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that the entire nation has understood the injustice being meted out to Andhra Pradesh while the Chief Minister, Leader of Opposition and Sonia Gandhi are turning a blind eye to the reality and are going ahead with the divisive politics.

'While the entire nation is able to understand that democratic norms are being hoodwinked and the state is being divided in an unprecedented way without taking the consent of the Assembly, Sonia Gandhi wants to divide the State to see her son as Prime Minister while Kiran Kumar Reddy has been deceiving the people and Chandrababu Naidu has been helping the division process to gain a few crumbs in the elections, 'YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said while addressing a huge gathering here on Sunday.

Resuming Samaikya Sankharavam Yatra to highlight the opportunist politics of Congress and TDP and the irrational division of the State, Jagan has said: 'intrigue and personal benefits have taken over the welfare of the people in politics and the value system has taken a beaten in the process. Be it Sonia Gandhi or Chandrababu Naidu, only votes and seats are important to them and not people's welfare.

Chandrababu Naidu should be ashamed as he is no uttering the word Samaikyandhra on one hand and in the assembly he is encouraging TDP members from both regions to use their lung power while he is maintaining stoic silence without spelling out the Party stand. Members of the same political party are flashing two contrasting placards in the Assembly which shows the opportunism of the Party.

YSR Congress is committed for Samaikayandhra and we have made it clear from the very beginning. Sincerity has become a premium commodity in the present day politics. Chief Minister was asked to pass a resolution against the division but he did not convene the assembly as he is very obedient to the high command though he is trying pose as an integrationist.

The entire nation and leaders of all political parties are aware that the division is taking place without an assembly resolution which is unprecedented but the Chief Minister and Chandrababu Naidu are not aware or at least they give the impression as they are working in tandem with Sonia Gandhi who is dividing the State for political reasons.

This is a fight between Delhi arrogance and Telugu self pride and the political intrigue and deception should stop and value based politics should be ushered in, he said.

Political leaders are bereft of sincerity and commitment and leaders are no more thinking that it is their responsibility to keep up their promises.

That is what YSR has done which is why he is still in your hearts; he said drawing a huge round of applause. It is not how many years you have lived but what matters is how you lived those years was the quote where the applause stretched further.

That is one reason why YSR is being remembered even today as his welfare schemes have touched every individual of the state and they were happy.

The political system has lost values and is decaying with leaders working for selfish ends. When the state is in a mode of agitation and students are worried about their future as to where they should look for jobs and farmers are anxious about the water table, Sonia Gandhi, Kiran Kumar Reddy nor N Chandrababu Naidu think of them but are only concerned about the division of the State for the sake of a few votes and seats.

How Galeru-Nagari project can be completed if another state comes in between when the water is dropping into our united state only after the needs of upper riparian states are completed, he asked.

He has taken a vow with the people that they will not allow the state to be divided at any cost. His yatra is traversing through the Tamabalapalle assembly constituency.