3 weeks ago
Jagan directs YSRCP legislators to raise public issues in Assembly
Mr. Jagan Reddy is a leader of a big political party in Andhra Pradesh, a state in India.
He used to be the top leader of the state.
Now he wants his party to have a special role in the state's meetings, called the Leader of the Opposition.
The leaders running the state now did not give his party that role.
Because of that, his party did not attend the meetings for two whole years.
Now he has told his party members to go back and ask questions at the meetings.
He wants them to talk about problems like students not getting money they were promised for school.
He also asked for an investigation into money he says was taken unfairly in a teacher recruitment process.
He also picked a person named Thumati Madhava Rao to run for a job in the state's upper house.
He wants the government to listen to regular people and fix these problems.
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed YSRCP MLAs and MLCs to raise public-interest issues during the Assembly monsoon session starting August 17.
Jagan claimed the TDP-led alliance government denied YSRCP the Leader of Opposition position, prompting the party's two-year Assembly boycott.
He demanded a CBI investigation into alleged misappropriation of DSC funds involving Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's son and Education Minister Nara Lokesh.
Legislators were told to raise fee reimbursement and Vasathi Deevena arrears of Rs. 9,100 crore and Rs. 3,300 crore for 13 quarters, against only Rs. 2,900 crore released.
Jagan announced Thumati Madhava Rao as the party's nominee for Deputy Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.
- Who
- YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, YSR Congress Party president and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
- What
- Directed YSRCP legislators to raise public-interest issues and highlight government failures, accusing the alliance government of denying the party the Leader of Opposition position
- Where
- Vijayawada, at a YSRCP legislators' meeting held before the State Assembly session
- When
- Wednesday, ahead of the Assembly monsoon session beginning August 17
- Why
- To hold the government accountable and bring public grievances to the House after the party's two-year Assembly boycott over the denied Leader of Opposition position
Key facts
- Party
- YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)
- Leader
- YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
- Event
- YSRCP legislators' meeting ahead of the Assembly monsoon session
- Location
- Vijayawada
- Monsoon session starts
- August 17
- Assembly boycott
- Two years over denied Leader of Opposition position
- Alleged arrears
- Rs. 9,100 crore (fee reimbursement) and Rs. 3,300 crore (Vasathi Deevena) for 13 quarters; Rs. 2,900 crore released
- CBI probe demanded
- Into alleged DSC fund misappropriation involving Education Minister Nara Lokesh
Quotes
Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
President of YSRCP and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
“The government was unwilling to grant the Leader of the Opposition status to the YSRC”
deccanchronicle.com
“As we have strength in the Council, we should bring up issues of public interest.”
thehansindia.com










