Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y.S. Sharmila has alleged that her brother and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was responsible for the split in the family of the late Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Addressing the party supporters in Kakinada city on January 25 (Thursday), Ms. Sharmila said, “Mr. Jagan alone is responsible for the break-up of our family. God was the direct witness. Another witness to it is our mother Y.S. Vijayamma. Our entire family also witnessed it.”
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“In a public meeting, Mr. Jagan once alleged that the Congress party had broken our family and the united State of Andhra Pradesh. In reality, former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Mr. Jagan should be blamed for the lack of development in Andhra Pradesh over the past nine years,” said Ms. Sharmila.
Referring to her association with her brother before the 2019 elections, Ms. Sharmila said, “I stood by Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy when 18 YSRCP MLAs threatened to resign from the party. All of them were assured of a Cabinet berth. How many of them have been taken into Mr. Jagan’s Cabinet?”
