YSR Compared To Satya Sai Baba

Comparisons are a common part of political propaganda but there are times when such things cross the line bringing embarrassment and sometimes threat to the leader of the party. Something like that seems to have happened with Y S Jagan who has just started his political journey independently.

Apparently, a representative from Rajahmundry for the YSR Congress party organized a condolence meeting on the sad departure of Satya Sai Baba. The event was arranged with Baba’s photo and till there, nothing went wrong. However, the whole scene changed when he started speaking and to those who were present felt it was nonsense.

The representative said “In the whole world, only two people did service for mankind selflessly. One is Baba and second is YSR. That inspired the formation of YSR party.” These lines raised many eyebrows. A noted party person said “It is really bad to have such sort of immature person in such a crucial post. Jagan should be careful in selecting his representatives. Satya Sai Baba is god for some, Godman for many. YSR is leader for many. So, it is not right to compare on this platform. This is a disgrace to Jagan.” Wonder if Jagan knows what his party representative spoke…

'Re-Open Case Against Balaiah'

Re-opening old wounds appears to be the flavor of the season. After Telugu Desam Party and a section of Congress leaders demanded re-opening of Paritala Ravi murder case to probe the alleged role of Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the rebel camp has come up with a counter.

Hitting back at the detractors, the spokesman of Jagan camp, Ambati Rambabu, has demanded re-opening of cases involving a shooting incident at film actor N Balakrishna’s residence and the mysterious death of a realtor at the residence of senior Congress leader K Kesava Rao’s son K Venkat.

“It is very clear that there is a match fixing between Congress and TDP to defame YSR family. When CBI had given clean chit to Jagan and closed the case, they are now demanding fresh probe only to malign the image of our leader,” Rambabu said.

If at all there are any cases that need fresh investigation, they are the shooting incident at Balakrishna’s house and the murder of real estate businessman Prashanth Reddy. “Let them re-open these two cases and ferret out facts,” Rambabu said.

Noted film producer Bellamkonda Suresh and his assistant Satyanarayana Choudhary were injured in a shoot-out at Balakrishna’s house on June 3, 2004. Subsequently, the case was closed after the injured persons turned hostile and retracted their earlier statement. This helped Balakrishna to bail out of the embarrassing case.

Similarly, Venkat came out of the murder case unscathed. Realtor Prashanth Reddy was allegedly shot dead at Venkat’s residence in September 2007 after heated argument over a property dispute.