Jagan, Congress Patch-up on Cards: Chandrababu Naidu
posted on May 28, 2011 @ 12:59PM
On sidelines of the ongoing TDP Mahanadu, the party chief Chandrababu Naidu said that the Congress party is trying to woo back YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in to its fold once again. Interacting with media, Mr. Naidu said "I have very reliable information from New Delhi that some senior leaders are trying to patch up with Jagan. This is because it has realised that Jagan is a serious threat and if allowed to remain as an independent political entity, will finish off the Congress in the 2014 elections. That is why Jagan has stopped criticising Congress president Sonia Gandhi after his electoral victory in Kadapa."
Reacting on Jagan's challenge to TDP to move no-confidence move against Kiran Kumar government, Naidu shot back "Jagan is a political novice. He doesn't know when can a no-confidence motion can be moved and by whom. It is he who should move such a motion as it would clearly expose how many in the Congress are with the CM and how many with Jagan." On the more pressing issues concerning his party, Naidu admitted to a turmoil as far as Telangana is concerned, but expressed confidence that it will emerge victorious. "The Congress, TRS and Jagan are doing their best to finish off the TDP in the T region, but we will not allow the game plan of the upper castes to succeed," he said and dismissed the revolt of Nagarkurnool MLA Nagam Janardhan Reddy and a few others as a minor crisis that the party would easily overcome.
About the future plans and agitations, Naidu said land allotment by successive Congress governments will be taken up as a major issue by the party in the coming months. "The YSR regime has gifted away 12 lakh acres of land to unproductive Special Economic Zones, industrial corridors another 2 lakh acres and 6 lakh acres for mining and other industries. Not one of them have come up and a single job been provided. The TDP will take up this issue in a big way and ensure that every poor family gets a piece of land and is able to live with respect," the TDP chief said.