Jagan Got Universal Consensus On Article 3: YSRCP

The YSR Congress Party on Tuesday claimed that Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has been successful in bringing a consensus among the national and regional parties over the issue of amending article 3, which can be misused by the party in power at the Centre, and they will be able to split states according to "its whims and fancies" without taking local sentiments and even assembly into consideration.

"The developments in Delhi and back home have brought to the fore the inefficiency of the ruling Congress that has mishandled the issue of state bifurcation and 2G spectrum which resulted in the adjournment of the House without transacting any business," party official spokesperson Janak Prasad told reporters here on Tuesday.

Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who went round the country recently, and met leaders of national and regional parties, was able to convince them that there is need to amend article 3 to curtail the right of the Centre to divide the state irrationally.

He could advocate his version with conviction and clarity, and told them that the "state is being split against the wish of 75% of the population, for political reasons".

"TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy lack sincerity on the issue and have been helping the high command in expediting the division process," Janak said.

Of the six MPs only four TDP MPs have given notice for the no confidence motion and the remaining two did not join for whatever reason. When there is a clear division among the MPs, the leader is still silent and did not spell out his stand. He neither withdraws the letter given for division nor does he voice support for a united state. This ambiguity is by design as has been running with the hare and hunting with the hound.

While he had 90 MLAs, he told us that there are no numbers to move a no-confidence motion against Kiran Kumar Reddy in the 294-member state assembly. Four out of six TDP MPs have moved no- confidence motion in the Lok Sabha against the UPA government which is ridiculous. Any Party needs to have a stand which should be followed from the leader to grass-root level worker.

Kiran Kumar Reddy is trying to search for reasons at this hour. He should have quit the Party when the CWC had taken the decision to split the State. He should have convened the assembly and passed a resolution against the division of state much earlier.

These developments indicate that the two leaders are acting as per the Delhi dictates, he said. (INN)