YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy may be running his own news paper and news channel, but he is certainly afraid of the media which has virtually been hounding him in connection with the corruption charges against him.
Obviously, Jagan was irritated when the media asked for his opinion on the arrest of mining tycoon and former Karnataka tourism minister Gali Janardhan Reddy with regard to the Obulapuram iron ore mining scandal.
“I don’t understand why you people are asking my opinion on the arrest of Janardhan Reddy. This is nothing but hitting me below the belt,” he said.
Jagan clarified that he was no way related to Janardhan Reddy and had any connections whatsoever with his activities.
“He belongs to a different political party. If you want to seek an opinion on his arrest, you ask the BJP people or go to Karnataka and ask people there. Why are you asking me?” he wondered.
The media, however, is not going to leave him. They somehow link the corruption charges against Jagan with that of Janardhan Reddy.
Unfortunately for Jagan, the mining lord claimed several times in the past that he had risen to his position only because of Jagan’s father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy whom he considered as his god father. He also claimed that Jagan was a good friend of him.
So naturally, the media seek Jagan’s opinion. But since the same CBI officials who had arrested Janardhan Reddy, are now after Jagan’s head, the latter is irritated by the media queries.
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