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SIT grills retired IAS officer and Jagan’s OSD in liquor scam

SIT grills retired IAS officer and Jagan’s OSD in liquor scam

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SIT police taking Bharathi Cements director Balaji Govindappa to the ACB court in Vijayawada on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Special Investigation Team (SIT) police on Wednesday questioned retired IAS officer and former Secretary in the Chief Minister’s Office K. Dhanunjaya Reddy and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Krishna Mohan Reddy in the alleged liquor scam. With the Supreme Court directing the police not to arrest the two accused till May 16, Mr. Dhanunjaya Reddy and Mr. Krishna Mohan Reddy appeared before the investigating officers. The SIT had named Mr. Dhanunjaya Reddy and Mr. Krishna Mohan Reddy as Accused No.31 and 32 respectively in the multi-crore scam that had taken place in the YSRCP government’s term. In a related development, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Special Court, Vijayawada, sent Bharati Cements director Balaji Govindappa, who was arrested in the liquor scam, to judicial remand. The police shifted him to the Vijayawada jail. The police had arrested Mr. Govindappa in Mysuru on Tuesday, and shifted him to Vijayawada on …

As YouTuber’s remarks against Jagan’s wife spark firestorm in Andhra Pradesh, an arrest and a war of words | India News

As YouTuber’s remarks against Jagan’s wife spark firestorm in Andhra Pradesh, an arrest and a war of words | India News

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The YSR Congress Party Friday accused Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Telugu Desam Party of encouraging online abuse of women after TDP activist and YouTuber Chebrolu Kiran was arrested for allegedly making offensive remarks against Y S Bharati, the wife of former CM and YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. YSRCP leaders said the TDP and its ally Jana Sena Party’s social media units were doing the same thing they accused the YSRCP of before the May 2024 elections – abusing and harassing women online. Kiran was arrested by a team of Mangalagiri Rural Police, which tracked him to Ibrahimpatnam near Vijayawada on Thursday evening and took him into custody. He was produced in the Mangalagiri court on Friday afternoon and sent to judicial custody. Story continues below this ad Outrage over Kiran’s remarks had spread this past week, prompting the TDP leadership to suspend him from the party. TDP general secretary and minister Nara Lokesh Naidu, the son of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, also asked TDP leaders to file a police complaint against him. “We …

Dragging TDP leaders into Jagan’s family feud unfortunate, says Anagani

Dragging TDP leaders into Jagan’s family feud unfortunate, says Anagani

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Minister for Revenue, Stamps & Registration Anagani Satya Prasad chairing a meeting in in Tirupati on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar Revenue Minister Anagani Satya Prasad said it was unfortunate that TDP leaders were being dragged into YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s family dispute with his mother Y.S. Vijayamma and sister Y.S. Sharmila. Accusing the YSRCP of spreading falsehoods, Mr. Satya Prasad said both Mr. Jagan and his sister Ms. Sharmila had jointly undertaken walkathons in the past, with Ms. Sharmila spearheading the election campaign when her brother was lodged in prison. “It is highly unfortunate that the family feud is out in the open, and TDP leaders who have nothing to do with it are being dragged into the dispute,” he said. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, the Minister pledged to drive growth in Tirupati district, emphasising the State’s resilience in overcoming past challenges. “Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has registered 130 milestones in 130 days after coming to power, and has demonstrated effective governance. I will …

Choose between Jagan’s thirst for power and my fight for justice, says Suneetha Narreddy 

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Suneetha Narreddy, daughter of Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy. | Photo Credit: File Photo A day after Chief Minister and YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy blamed his sister Y.S. Sharmila and cousin Suneetha Narreddy for joining the opposition bandwagon against him with “an eye on political power,” Ms. Suneetha, daughter of slain MP Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, rubbished the charge and asked voters to choose between “her protracted legal fight for justice and Jagan’s thirst for power.” Speaking to the media outside the High Court of Telangana in Hyderabad on Thursday, she accused Mr. Jagan of raking up the murder issue once again ahead of the ensuing polls “to derive political mileage” as he did in 2019. She blamed the government for “inaction during the last five years and putting the same old blame on its political opponents”, which she said would not be accepted by the voters. In the same vein, she appealed to the voters not to extend support to the accused. While flaying the YSRCP for issuing the party ticket to a person accused …

God is witness to Jagan’s atrocities against me, says Y.S. Sharmila

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APCC president YS Sharmila addressing a public meeting in Anantapur on Monday. | Photo Credit: R.V.S. Prasad Launching a broadside against her brother Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y.S. Sharmila said God was witness to the “atrocities” committed against her by the former. Delivering a highly charged speech at the Congress party’s first election meeting on Monday, Ms. Sharmila accused Mr. Jagan of orchestrating a “character assassination campaign” against her and her husband. Addressing the ‘Nyaya Sadhana Sabha’, Ms. Sharmila said that Mr. Jagan did not even have an iota of gratitude for her despite all that she had done for him in the past. “I had embarked on a 3,200-km padayatra for his party, and took up a vociferous campaign against the Telugu Desam Party. However, when I was agitating in Vijayawada, Jagan used the police force to detain me and injure me physically,” Ms. Sharmila alleged. The APCC chief deplored that it was shameful on the part of Mr. Jagan to become a “pawn in the hands of …

Another MP resigns from Jagan’s party, set to join Jana Sena | Latest News India

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Another parliamentarian from the ruling YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh, Vallabhaneni Balashowry, announced his resignation from the party on Saturday. Vallabhaneni Balashowry, MP from Machilipatnam, decided to quit YSRCP apparently after getting signals from party chief and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy that he won’t get ticket in the upcoming general elections, a senior party leader said. (Vallabhaneni Balashowry / X) Balashowry, who represents Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency in Krishna district, took to X (formerly Twitter) in the evening saying he was quitting the YSRCP. “I have decided to join the Jana Sena Party led by Pawan Kalyan,” he said in his post on his social media platform. Amazon Sale season is here! Splurge and save now! Click here Balashowry took the decision, apparently after getting signals from party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy that he won’t get the party ticket in the upcoming general elections, a senior party leader familiar with the development said. “Balashowry, who was till recently considered a staunch loyalist of Jagan, had not …

Yatra 2 Teaser: YS Jagan’s biopic yatra 2 teaser released

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The teaser for Yatra 2, a film based on the life of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan, was released on Friday. The film, which depicts the events in Jagan’s life following the death of Rajasekhara Reddy, stars Kollywood actor Jiiva as YS Jagan and features Mammootty in a key role. Mahi V Raghav is directing the movie. Mammootty and Jiva in Yatra 2. The teaser is intense and emotional, showing realistic depictions of events in Jagan’s life. It begins with a scene of a blind man waiting for Jagan, highlighting Jagan’s determination despite losing everything. The dialogue at the beginning of the teaser, suggesting that fighting against someone like Jagan would be a loss for them, is particularly striking. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here The teaser also depicts conspiracies to portray Jagan as corrupt, with accusations of unprecedented corruption and repeated claims of embezzlement of lakhs of crores. The teaser ends with Jiiva’s powerful dialogue, asserting his identity as the son of YS Rajasekhara …