Jagan, mother quit as legislators on T-issue
Jailed YSR Congress president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his mother, YSR Congress Legislature Party leader Y.S. Vijayalakshmi, have resigned from their memberships of the Lok Sabha and the Assembly respectively to protest against the Congress’ unilateral decision to go ahead with the creation of Telangana state without addressing the concerns of other regions of the state.
Sixteen MLAs, four MLCs and one Lok Sabha member belonging to the YSRC resigned a few weeks ago, triggering a rain of resignations from the ruling Congress and the main Opposition Telugu Desam.
In an open letter, the mother-son duo said: “We are quitting our posts to express solidarity with the crores of people who have hit the streets to fight the injustice meted out to them by the division of the state without considering the consequences.”
The seven-page open letter released to the public on Saturday continued: “The Congress has further complicated the issue. We have been advocating time and again that the Centre should first spell out its stand and the proposal should be put forth for discussion before all stake holders and political parties before taking a final decision which would be agreeable to all parties concerned, but that did not happen.
”They accused both the Congress and the TDP of thinking only of the political gains they will make, even when this means “playing with the lives of Seemandhra people”.
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