Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council and TDP politburo member, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, on Thursday made fun of the statements made by Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, on corruption.
In an open letter to the public, Ramakrishnudu said that Jagan Mohan Reddy talking against corruption is like a vulture taking oath on non-vegetarian. “It is the biggest joke of the century that Jagan, who is on the top of the list of corrupt persons and who was in jail for 16 months whose name figured in 24 CBI and ED charge-sheets, asked his party leaders not to indulge in corruption,” Yanamala said.
Does this mean that the Chief Minister officially allowed his party leaders to mint money in the past 42 months, he asked and wanted Jagan to clarify on this. For the past three-and-half years, Jagan and his associates looted the State in sand, land, wine, mining and natural resources. “This kind of the Chief Minister is now alerting his party cadre not to indulge in corruption is totally ridiculous,” Ramakrishnudu added.
In his rule, Jagan turned Andhra Pradesh as the most corrupt-State and damaged the prestige of the State, he said and stated that now he started blackmailing his own Ministers, MPs and MLAs. The statement made by the Chief Minister a couple of days back that he will not tolerate corruption any longer clearly indicates that till now he officially allowed them to mint money, Yanamala observed.
The State occupied third position in the country for illegal mining and the sand, beach sand and bauxite mining in agency areas for the past three years is a classic example of this, he stated. The less said the better about the liquor mafia, he said and stated that Jagan and his associates made a whopping Rs 30,000 cr in liquor business and the Tadepalli Palace is filled with the money made out of land mafia.
In the name of making Visakhapatnam as capital, both Jagan and YSRCP MP, Vijayasai Reddy, illegally occupied lands worth over Rs 40,000 cr, Ramakrishnudu said. Even in the sale of properties belonging to the Visakha Steel, they minted huge money, he added.
