YSR Congress (YSRC) hon. president Y.S. Vijayamma attracted huge crowds at her election road shows in Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam districts on Wednesday when she said she had come to the people's court to seek justice for her son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.
She alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had shown over-enthusiasm in arresting Jagan even after the courts had sought to allay her son's fears of being taken into custody when he filed his anticipatory bail application.
The thrust of Ms. Vijayamma's speech in Narsannapeta and Payakaraopeta (Visakhapatnam district) later in the evening was that a conspiracy had been hatched to put her son in jail and that people's love for Jagan would expose the conspirators.
Accompanied by her daughter, Sharmila, the YSR Congress leader, arrived to a rousing welcome at Visakhapatnam airport and drove to Narsannapeta, 15 km from Srikakulam town, where crowds were waiting patiently for nearly two hours to listen to them. They were given a big reception at Madapam junction from where they travelled to Narasannapeta through Komarti, Edulavalasa, Makivalasa and Mubagam villages.
Seeking the people's support for her party in by-elections, she narrated the ordeals being faced by her family with the constant harassment of Jagan for the past nine months. During this period, the investigating agencies had not produced any credible evidence against her son and yet arrested him in the midst of the election campaign.
She expressed doubts over the death of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in the helicopter crash in 2009 September.
“It is the responsibility of the government to clarify the doubts about my husband's death. The inquiry over the crash was not conducted properly and I fear the trial against my son also will not be done in a fair manner,” she said.
Earlier, Ms. Sharmila introduced herself to the crowds and sought wholehearted support to make her brother Jagan Chief Minister since he was planning to implement YSR's flagship programmes in true spirit. “It is the right time to teach a lesson to the Congress and Telugu Desam which are targeting our family,” she said.
Both mother and daughter fumbled initially but regained their flow of words later. Both of them were seen repeatedly displaying replica of the ceiling fan, the symbol allotted to the party candidates. Senior party leaders Vasireddy Padma and Kumbha Ravibabu assisted them in the road shows and public speeches. YSR Congress Party candidate Dharmana Krishandas urged the people to defeat the TDP and Congress as they had joined hands to send Jagan to jail.
