In the wake of a former CBI director saying in an interview that the CBI functions at the behest of the Union Home Ministry, the YSRC up its ante against what it calls the "selective victimisation of Jagan.
In the wake of former CBI director Joginder Singh revealing in an interview that the CBI functions at the behest of the Union Home Ministry, and that its approach varies from case to case, YSRC has upped its ante against what it calls the "selective victimisation of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy by the concerted efforts of the Congress, TDP, and a section of the media".
"It is very clear, and in the open, that the CBI functions as per the directives of the central government; that there is no pattern to its approach, as it differs from case to case; and the conspiracy of the TDP joining hands with the Congress and using the CBI as a tool to settle political scores is obvious," YSRC party spokesperson Vasireddy Padma told reporters here on Sunday.
"TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu secretly meeting with Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, and his party having a former CBI director in its ranks, has opened up the entire conspiracy and the reason for the witch hunt, putting YSR's family members through hardships," she said.
"On one hand, a former director of CBI openly says that the agency functions as per the dictat of the Centre, and on the other, the TDP has with it another former CBI director who has been helping in scripting the conspiracy against Y S Jaganmohan Reddy," she said.
"The way in which P Shankar Rao filed a letter which was taken into cognizance, and TDP impleaded in the case, the style of the CBI's functioning troubling Y S Jaganmohan Reddy without even questioning the persons involved in the issuance of 26 GOs clearly shows that the TDP and the Congress are hand-in-hand, and are using the CBI as a tool to harm Jaganmohan Reddy politically and economically. The freezing of bank accounts and the stalling of advertisements to the Sakshi media group are part of the script," she said.
The main intention of the ruling and the opposition parties coming together is that there should only be 2 parties, and that a third force, or an alternative, should not grow in the state, she remarked.
She added, "A section of media, which is against our party, has also joined the conspiracy bandwagon, and has become the mouthpiece of the main conspirators. There have been selective leaks and leads in that media which published what has happened, during an in-camera investigation, and the CBI never questioned the source nor issued a rejoinder."
"This clearly shows that a section of media, too, has been roped in as a cog into the larger conspiracy, to launch an all-out attack on Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, his family and political party," she said.
"The YSR Congress challenges TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu, who is all praise for the CBI, to volunteer for an inquiry and come clean of the charges of his illegal assets," she said.
"Chandrababu Naidu has been praising CBI for its impartial and efficient style of investigation, and if he has so profound a faith in the investigation agency, we demand that he volunteer for an inquiry on the various charges he is facing for his ill-gotten wealth," she said. (INN)