CM, Naidu soft on Delhi diktat says Jagan

Sodam (Chittoor dist): Reiterating that the Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition have yielded to the arrogance of Delhi and are helping in expediting the division process, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said participation in the debate means giving unbridled support to the draft Bill which has landed in the State Assembly by-passing all precedents and healthy democratic procedures.

'Those who are finding fault with us for rejecting the discussion on the draft bill and seeking a resolution were not known to have raised their voice against the division of the of state. They neither sat on a dharna, nor did they give an affidavit to the President opposing the division and they have not even written a letter to the Centre on Samaikyandhra,' he told a large gathering here after unveiling the statue of YSR.

He said that Delhi's arrogance has come into full play when it has unilaterally taken a decision and sent the draft bill to the State Assembly, adding that though 70 per cent of the people and majority of the MLAs are opposed to the division, it did not take the Assembly into confidence and has brazenly gone ahead with the division process.

'Once you agree for the debate it means that you have accepted the division of the State in principle. This is our contention and we still insist that a resolution should be adopted in the house before the bill is taken up for discussion.

'Kiran Kumar Reddy and N Chandrababu Naidu have joined the conspiracy of dividing the State and have shifted to top gear after Azad came to town which shows that the degradation of politics and the ugly face of manipulative politics,' he said.

'While they have been going all out to help Sonia Gandhi who is determined to divide the State, the two leaders are never seen in the Assembly when the House is on the threshold of a crucial juncture,' he added.

'They are the joint betrayers as they are helping out the Centre in the division. The slogan has been Samaikyandhra all over. The conspirators will be washed away in the tide of people's mandate and we will win over 30 MP seats and decide who the Prime Minister will be,' he said.

'YSR has been remembered by the masses as he touched their hearts through welfare schemes. The present day leaders are not bothered about the students who will be at loss for a place to search for jobs and farmers who will be deprived of water when the State is divided,' he said. Jaganmohan Reddy's Samaikya Sankharavam yatra is concurrently running with the unfinished Odarpur Yatra in Chittoor district.