High alert sounded in Andhra Pradesh; Vijayamma and family evicted after staging protest
Climaxing three days of suspense, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) finally arrested YSR Congress president and Kadapa MP Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the disproportionate assets case on Sunday night, after police enforced tight restrictions on the movement of vehicles and people all over Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Reddy was arrested at Dilkusha, the Government Guesthouse, at 7.20 p.m. at the end of questioning by CBI sleuths for the third day running and detained there for the night. His arrest was announced after a high alert was sounded across the State by the police to guard against possible backlash by agitated supporters of the YSR Congress Party.
Mr. Reddy (38) is the prime accused in the assets case filed by the CBI and the fifth to be arrested among 75 persons and corporates named in the First Information Report. The investigating agency has so far filed three charge-sheets against the Kadapa MP in the Special Court for CBI cases on the A.P. High Court's directions in a ‘taken up' petition filed by Congress MLA P. Shankar Rao.
The crux of these charges is that a quid pro quo existed between investors who put money into Mr. Reddy's companies, particularly Sakshi daily, in exchange for the largesse doled out by the then government headed by his father, the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. Mr. Jagan was questioned for nearly 22 hours by the CBI over his role in these transactions. While Mr. Reddy's arrest was imminent, the CBI's decision to take him into custody a day before his scheduled appearance before the CBI special court on Monday raised eyebrows. Sources said top Congress leaders in Delhi were regularly monitoring the developments and had even rushed lawyers to Hyderabad to advise CBI joint director V.V. Lakshminarayana.
New twist to politics
The turn of events is sure to give a new twist to politics and make its impact felt on the June 12 by-elections to 18 Assembly and Nellore Lok Sabha constituency. The Congress has itself suffered collateral damage after the arrest of a Minister, Mopidevi Venkataramana Rao, by the CBI. Five more Ministers fear that they may encounter a similar fate as some of them have already been questioned by the CBI for their role in issuing 26 controversial Government Orders (GOs) bestowing benefits on investors.
These Ministers and eight IAS officers were served notice by the Supreme Court to justify issue of these GOs. Earlier, near curfew-like conditions were clamped by police in several towns and cities, particularly those in Mr. Reddy's native district of Kadapa. Security personnel staged flag marches, forced shopkeepers to down shutters besides asking the APSRTC to drastically curtail bus services. Mr. Reddy will be produced in the special court for CBI cases on Monday. Mr. Reddy's mother and honorary president of YSR Congress, Vijayamma, his wife Bharati, sister Sharmila, and brother-in-law Anil Kumar rushed to the guesthouse to meet him. Later, they staged a a three-hour long dharna outside the guesthouse. However, they were physically removed and bundled into a police van and taken to their residence. Terming the arrest as illegal, the YSR Congress Party has called for a State bandh on Monday. The party spokesman, P N V Prasad, maintained that the arrest was illegal since Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy had expressed his willingness to appear before the CBI on Monday also, but the CBI went ahead with the arrest “on instructions from the Congress High Command.”
Keywords: Jagan arrest, YSR Congress, Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, CBI inquiry, disproportionate assets case
Arresting Jagan at this time is anti democratic. Bye elections are
coming in AP and Congress Party therefore, does not want Jagan to
be outside. Therefore Congress plan is that this is the time for
jailing Jagan by CBI. But the calculations of Congress Party and
Sonia in particular will go wrong. People are not interested to
vote for Congress party. They are anti Congress. Last time also
Congress was defeated in all the seats during bye elections. This
is going to be repeated. Congress party is going to loose one more
state now.
Arrest all politicians...Almost all are corrpupted.....
Jagan may be corrupt ,who is not. why only jagan.what became to AP after the death of YSR,why only jagan is target of CBI?why not others.All who are suporting jagans arrest, one question.do you know how many poor people are happy,how many students dropped out from their education,dont sit infront of your tv or PC and write your own comments. come out ,reach out to people ask a farmer when he was happy.you will know the answer.YSR was the Best Chief Minister that AP ever had.Think I accept the fact YSR is Corrupt ,Jagan is Corrupt and all others are Law is Equal to Every one So Ask The TO Start the same CBI probe On All the ministers,MLA's,TDP,TRS everyone then Everyone need to be hanged.
It is already over delayed.
Its good to see independent body like CBI working day and night to catch Jagan and company,BUT where they sleeping till Jagan came out of congress?its clear that they are acting on other's instruction.what next?some one dare to challenge us(Congress)his fate will be like Jagan...so keep quite and work for the upliftment of party and its leaders.Jai Hind
kudos to CBI for taking bold step in arresting jagan. then chief minister mr rajasekhar reddy in the name of development and welfare schemes to ordinary people has plundered people's wealth and sent it into the wallets of his only son. only for the sake of some private companies both the father and son allotted so many lands belonging to poor farmers to private persons and to the kith and kin of them thereby causing enormous loss to government that is public. with this arrest at least some justice is living . but CBI should smoke out some more culprits who are enjoying public money and should do impartial justice wihtoug bending his head down to any political chess.
It is very clear that the ruling Congress Govt is playing very dirty politics here. They know that their party will be wiped in the upcoming bi-elections. The government is using CBI as a weapon to arrest any one who is against their party. This is not democratic.
Why have they arrested at the time of elections ? It is just to stop him going to people. It is a fact that Jagan's party is going to sweep the bi-elections and send a strong message to the ruling congress government and the opposion party TDP
We wish that government, Judiciary and CBI keeps the same yard stick for all the maladies that has already happened and are going to happen. If jagan rise from 77 lacs to 354 crores being seen as abnormal so is CBN from no where to the present state. Welfare schemes reaching masses or development visible can not be an aspect to condone the corruption of either YSR or CBN.At the end it is all tax payers money which is going into few hands. The corruption charges can not be attributed to few persons. It is personnel in the system who have occupied responsible positions have allowed such things to happen. It is right thing that is happening that some of the TOP Bureaucrats were taken into custody. They are paying for their irresponsible acts done while doing their duties.
I am happy that atleast one is caught. he did not became 'the richest MP of india' just by doing bussiness definetly he used government money for his purpose. other TDP or congress leaders are not great they are as well corrupt. but as 2G spectrum raja is relased on bail jagan will also get a bail. CBI is working hard day and night to catch these people with evidences and what SC is doing releasing them on bail? such cases should not be postponed. SC should make a fasttrack trail for these cases and make sure that the accused is punished.
The Congress is squarely to be blamed for all the corruption charges framed under the Jagan until 2009; because his father was the CM of the state from 2004 to 2009, and he was in Congress till his death. So, is the Congress ready to accept that YSR cheated the public or it will only tell that Jagan is a cheat and YSR is a martyr/dedicated Congressman?
Just a mere arrest will not do justice for the losses incurred to the
government and the people of this country. A serious punishment only
will do justice and send a right signal to all corrupt politicians.
CBI and Central govt finally did some action on corruption. Hope this
case will be prosecuted without political influence.
I hope this leads to 'South-Asian-Spring'. Lets clean house, and start recovering the assets of these crooks. It's the Peoples Money. Political corruption is NOT OK. IT MUST END!!
Congrats CBI, you did a great job. Please do not release all these
politicians until you recover all the looted money from these guys. The
wealth they are enjoying is NOT there money. It belongs to poor and
salaried peoples tax money.
Jagan Deserve the bars, he and his family looted both Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka(Gali Janardhana Reddy is in Jail now for Illegal mining and illegal assets cases), Awful politician. They looted all tax payers in both states, YSR cheated the Andhrapradesh while he was working as CM. Britishers prisoned Mother India, but these politicians selling her in international market. Do not support these looters under any circumanstances. That is people's money. Why Jagan needed 64 room luxury palace, how can he look after poor people while he is living in luxury palace?
At last, justice is going to win in Jagan's case. He is the person deserved for severe punishment for his illicit looting of exchequer with the blessings of his father. Now, people have to realize the real face of Mr Jagan and also should not fall prey to his crocodile tears. Last but not least, Jagan may be felicitated with an award by name 'the best corrupted person' of the century.
Great..Great JOB CBI Team. Please line up the other corrupt guys too ..this is best time..Hit the Rod when it is hot. it is very hard to save 1 crore by working even in USA even for 10 years.. Very pity that people like Jagan, his radical associates, corrupt politicians and corrupt government employees and make easy money by looting tax payers money.. And they persuade innocent people and gain their blind faith.. They exploit innocent people and loot tax payers money become rich in short time... I pray for COURTS and CBI, honest polices to be powered to eliminate the corruption..
Are we seeing the beginning of the end of the Congress party in Andhra Pradesh?
If Jagan is arrested in DA case, what about all the politicians and ministers, eg. Botsa, KCR and family who amassed fortunes. Look at their filed returns of the MLA and MPs. How did they increase their wealth ? from their salary ! The ACB and CBI should investigate whole AP Govt. and confiscate all the wealth , put them in jail and lose the key
Lets not celebrate yet, he is arrested, Not yet sentenced. Same with kalmadi, the 2G scam. No one had actually been in prison
Generally, any investigation happens to check how a crime/fraud happened and who's responsible for it.. unfortunately, here investigation is happening to check whether fraud happened or not... So far, CBI hasn't checked illegality of 26 GOs & even Govt itself either supported or opposed the 26 GOs. if these GOs are illegal, they should be cancelled. if they are not, Govt should argue that they are legal... Right from day one, CBI is questioning jagan investments without going into the details of GOs, which is the crux of investigation.
I wish someone would wipe out the smirk off his face. But we all know how this is gonna end. A few weeks / months and he will be out on bail.
Rules must be applied equally to all and justice be served without fear or favor. Then only the legislative, executive and judicial systems of any country will command love and respect from from the people. For any body, with an iota of a sense of decency and justice, the saga of what is going on in case of Jagan is disgusting and outrageous to say the least. It is nothing but blatantly abusing powers. Did He became corrupt only after leaving the party and daring to stand up to the powers to be? Let the people be given fair chance to judge; after all the elections are around the corner. What is the hurry to arrest him now? Even a lay man can understand the conspiracy and by whom. The people will teach a fitting lesson to unjust powers. Is it a sin to be supported by almost all MLA's of his party to become CM of AP in 2009? Is it a sin to be adored by people who see in him a courageous leader who can face down the bullies and show the the pride, self respect and valor of Telugus?
So what!? He will live a 'comfortable' life in jail; after few months, defense lawyers & CBI won't be able to provide any 'concrete' evidences against him and court allow him bail. Meanwhile, the brilliant CA of Jagan's firm convert all his money into honestly earned. After couple of years, all cases against will be closed. He will continue to contest elections; money and castes factors will make sure he will be politically relevant. Sooner or later he will be the CM of AP. Again. Story continues!!
Everyones knows that they are corrupt, but people vote them to power twice :) :D ..? 77L in 2004, yes none of the politicians declare their assests as per CMP, by 2012 he is out of congress and knows he will be targetted so declared as per CMP. Whatever he is going to be the next CM.
It appears that most of the people commenting upon are infact are unaware of the reasons for arresting Jagan. Jagan has clarified many times in sakshi regarding his assets. People who are criticizing Jagan either belong to Opposition camp led by Chandrababu Naidu who is the king of corruption in Andhra. In fact CBI arrested Jagan without even following any rules and they will have tough time to explain their deed later in a court of law.
Corruption issues involving late YSR Reddy and son is not an isolated event. It is reflection of Indian politics where politics has become another business venture. The electorate which needs to bribed by party funds on election day. Late YSR was probably the most successful fund raiser for Congress party. Where did the party think the funds were coming from ?
When the ACB conducted raids on some liquor shops in several districts in AP a few months ago, they stumbled on note books containing details of the illegal payments made to several excise officials and politicians; neither the ACB nor the state government has made the names public. The ACB continued to raid several officers in the Excise Department but did not nail down a single politician - possibly for want of clearnace from the political higher-ups. None - including the newspapers which carried the stories of the notebooks seized by the ACB - has questioned this inaction. The Government which mouths platitudes of piety when it comes to Jagan doesn't utter a word either; but it meddles directly or indirectly with the postings of the people who were in charge of the raids. Yet no political party questions it; and no Court takes cognizance of this matter su moto. This selective action and inaction against erring politicians leaves the common man doubting the entire system.
I appreciate CBI inthis regard,though a political game played by congress (as many claim)if persons arguing he is not corrupt can whole heartedly say he did not do anything wrong not taking caste, creed, religion,kickbacks or favours they got in one way or other.I don't know why highly qualified and educated people supporting and saying everyone is corrupt but you should not say corrupt people should be elected and become leaders to rule us.
Pls do something like this in chennai, as like engineering aspirants all ministers aspire to own engineering college & medical college...more biggies have more but we people still long for the govt buses, poor road, no regulated health care....
While arresting Jagan is laudable, why doesn't the CBI carry out similar investigations - even without being goaded by a Court - against all other bigger politicians to start with? The simple fact is that Congress managed a political revival in the country itself because of its revival in AP by the sheer dogged efforts of Rajasekhar Reddy when the party had next to no hope in AP. Jagan's brazen efforts to occupy the CM's post after his father's death and the stupendous display of his (father's) popularity by his victory in the MP election and his mother's in the assembly election unnerved the Congress leaders. Hence the vendetta. It is unfortunate that they used the courts for their political ends; it is equally unfortunate that the courts didn't smell the mischief. The Courts could at least have put the fear of law in the hearts of these people by simultaneously asking the CBI to carry out investigations into the affairs of several other political leaders - in the State.
All political leaders are corrupted not only jagan. CBI must enquire all the political leaders properties.And also When the ex-cm Dr.Rajashekar Reddy garu alive no one commented on their family after his death all these rumors are came out.
The CBI show disrespect to the court which already issued summons to
Jagan directing him to appear before the court on 28.05.2012. The CBI at
least should have been shown faith in the court. Now what the CBI
achieved by arresting Jagan already he decided to appear in the court.
It is nothing but a whild ghoose chase for the CBI. Unnessesarely it has
kept pressure on police and caused disrupt the law and order in the
state.
It was sure that Jagan reddy going to arrest but Why not our Agency
arrest him when his father was CM , this arrest will change politices
in Andhra Pradesh and so called king maker Chander babu naidu expose
when they take help from agency to survive in andhra now andhra hope
income cae alos the same with Mulayam yadav,Mayawati but they have the
number helping Center to Survive but Jgan dont have the number at
present in future he might become strong with-out failed thanks to
Congress Advisers
Thanks GOD...Thank u very much….They looted, destroyed poor man's
life..public property....waiting for this day since years.. I never
waited like this even for my examination results and my
promotions...Happy now and he must be punished like a hell and it will
be lesson for generations.
Good job by CBI, wish they do the same stuff against all corrupted political leaders. Its high time for atleast for CBI to make India a corruption free state. By the way where was ACB sleeping.
Really this is Pathetic and political drama, Really CBI also pathetic in indian goverment it just following poltician words and finally showing in such way that CBI have no power to fight against bribe and corruoted people.This many years why CBI under calm without any action if suppose really if they have power they have to start investigate first from Sonia gandhi, lalu, mayavathi.....etc and in our State chandra babu,kiran kumar reddy......ETC....so finally its showing clearing its political drama and i hope we cannt change our country unless if they change total system in proper way. Really pathetic....
Finally, this man has been arrested. He, like his father, YSR, and grandfather, Raja Reddy looted the Govt. There are so many corrupt politicians like him in almost every state such as Mayawati, Lalu Prasad etc. These people should be arrested also
at last india have done a very good thing. it is very benefit to the country and state. i appreciate CBI.
This is such a sick thing, he may be corrupt but what is congress government doing, when he's paying 100's of crores as taxes. Is Enforcemrnt, Income Tax Departments sleeping til Jagan came out of Congress Party.
its not about jagans proprties.its all have to speak about his place in the hearts of andhra people. if jagan gives a simple call to public that he is in fincial turmoil and wants public funding . he will got 1000 crores from public donations to the credit of his account. all legal money. thats is his place in peoples hearts now. now whats going is all a congress bureau conspiracy investigation to stop his from election campaigning.which is going to boomarang. all the l8 seats are going to be clean sweeped.
Jagan must be punished. YSR took the advantage of loop holes in systemto
make others invest in his son's business. He must be punished and it
should be a lesson for all others.
Justice is finally being done. Corrupt politicians should be brought to
book.
So the high rated drama comes to an end. Its a fact that he is the most corrupted person. Thanks to CBI for making brave decisions against all odds. Now the interesting issue is how much money can the government recover!
Though CBI is a political tool used by Congress for settling political vendetta, I'm not complaining this time. Hope justice, which is long due in this case, is served !! Satyameva Jayate !!
This is purely pre planned game of the congress govt.what they have prepared,that they did to day.They arrested jagan before the elections because they aware that definitely jagan wins in this elections. these dhusta chathustayam(chandra babu ,kiran kumar reddy, botscha, chiranjeevi)under the direction of sonia did this. every normal living people knows what is happening.state is in very bad condition. no democracy.the statements given by the politicians is all are wrong statements.people knows what is real fact.this is an emergency situation lots of political drama behind this situations . the person who lifted the party in single hand, that persons family is in now troubles. they create that this is the only problem in state and central. there are so many cases pending in courts. what the people are talking to day, is they all are good people, these botscha and all. only jagan they highlights these only. we the normal people what we r thinking they dont mind. we really hates.bye
finally the corrupt guy is behind the bars
Thank heavens,,I was actually wondering whether we were a democracy or not,,the people are such idiots that they support these morons and protest against the govt.
Some justice after all.. He is one of the most corrupt politician after his father. Not just that he is a well known rowdy. Andhra Pradesh lost its glow during the Congress regime. Many companies left AP because of political issues. This guy and his father are the biggest spendthrifts of govt money. He deserves much more slashing.
Finally, the day has come. Jagan and his dad are probably the worst offenders, they systematically looted the state. Read the US diplomatic cables - that summarizes what everyone knows. I can only now hope that he spends many months in jail.
Put the Mayawati, Yeddurappa, Raja, Vilas Deshmukh, Sasikala etc all behind bars and throw away the key.
Thanks to CBI and Courts. People(some sections) in India pray or adore Jagan rather than LAW. Why do not people know that Jagan and his team cheat many people of AP and gained Rs; 78,000 Crores. At least common man have faith in courts and CBI.
From the facts already appeared in the media, it is absolutely clear that Jagan Mohan Reddy is involved in serious cases of cheating, fraud and falsifying official documents relating to evasion of IT and ED. Since no one is above the law, Jagan Mohan Reddy should be arrested, as per the law and legal proceedings started against him, to meet the ends of justice.
About time! Whatever the reason behind his prosecution (political vendetta as opposed to a genuine reason to tackle corrupt practices) he needs to be arrested and investigated. If the investigation is genuine it will be interesting to see how Mr Jagan will be able to explain his rise over the last 7 years (anyone who believes his newspaper and TV channel brought him this wealth are mistaken). His income was declared as Rs.77 lakhs in 2004. Then in 2012 it had skyrocketed to Rs. 375 crores! Even Steve Jobs, a visionary, did not achieve such success in such a short period of time. It is a pity that ignorant, illiterate people of AP think he is God! Caste equations supporting this questionable individual is sad. Strangely many are using a silly argument that others are corrupt too! For example - Chandrababu, Congress ministers etc. Two rights don't make a wrong. Let them all be investigated and prosecuted. I am against all corruption. By anyone. In any form.
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