VIJAYAWADA: In an emotional outburst, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president YS Sharmila Reddy accused her brother, former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, of using their parents’ names for selfish motives.
“If it suits him, he (Jagan) will use anyone. He dragged our mother, Vijayamma, to court to prevent the cancellation of his bail. He also included our father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s, name in the FIR in the CBI case to secure bail in the cases against him,” Sharmila told mediapersons in Vijayawada on Saturday, a day after releasing an open letter to clarify recent events for YSRC supporters concerning the National Company Law Tribunal.
She strongly criticised Jagan’s remark, that differences within a family are ‘Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani’ (a common tale in every household), and asked, “Which family drags a mother to court over property issues? She (Vijayamma) is weeping and cursing her fate for being alive to witness this,” the Congress State chief said, her voice choked with emotion.
Sharmila clarified that her shares in Saraswati Power were not part of the assets attached by the Enforcement Directorate in the former CM’s ‘quid pro quo’ cases and could have been transferred to her long ago.
She explained that her father, former chief minister YSR Rajasekhara Reddy, had instructed that family assets be divided equally among the four grandchildren, at which point Jagan assured her it was his duty as a brother to look after her. “They claim that the share was a gift to me, which is totally false. It is my rightful share of the property. Knowing his responsibility to give me my share, Jagan signed an MoU, which I never initially asked for.”
Sharmila emphasised that despite holding the MoU for the past five years, she avoided approaching any court or media outlet, fearing it would tarnish the family’s reputation.
Responding to comments by YSRC Rajya Sabha MP and her uncle, YV Subba Reddy, that the companies in question are owned by Jagan, Sharmila termed these statements as false, and expressed her readiness to swear on her children and dared Jagan and Subba Reddy to do the same. She also criticised the State government for burdening the public with an additional Rs 6,000 crore in the form of FPPCA charges.