YSRC president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy came down on the government for utilising the IAF aircraft, which outlived its utility, thereby throwing the lives of its occupants in jeopardy.
The YSRC president called on the family members of six of the eight civilian staff of the Naval Armament Depot (NAD) here, who were in the IAF aircraft, which went missing from Chennai on July 22.
Arriving at the airport at 1 p.m., he drove straight to the residence of Bhupendra Singh, examiner, at 104 Area (Marripalem) and consoled his wife and son. Some of the YSRC supporters raised slogans hailing Mr. Jagan, unmindful of the solemn occasion.
He consoled the family members of N. Chinna Rao at Butchirajupalem, P. Nagendra at Gopalapatnam, G. Srinivasa Rao at Vepagunta BC Colony, B. Sambamurthy at Appannapalem and finally called on the family members of RV Prasad Babu at his residence at Kalinga Nagar near Madhavadhara around 5 p.m.
Mr. Jagan consoled Hemalatha, wife of Mr. Prasad Babu, and told her that the YSRC would demand justice on behalf of the family members in Parliament.
Before leaving for the airport, he told media persons that it was unfortunate that flights were frequently crashing, leading to the loss of human lives.
