AICC report says YSR did not favour T state

Hyderabad, Dec. 19: There was no mention of the demands — for and against Telangana — of Congress MPs from the state in the AICC report on the important affairs of Andhra Pradesh since 2006.

The chronological report, however, mentioned a statement of YSR. It reads: “On 3rd April (2006) AP Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy categorically said that the state would remain united and the demand for statehood to Telangana region materialising was not bright. On 2nd May the chief minister said that Congress President Smt Sonia Gandhi’s word on separate Telangana was final and she has not spoken about it so far”.

Similarly on page 322 (events of 2009) it states: “Though the Congress put up a spectacular show in the Lok Sabha election, winning 33 of the 42 seats, the party had to struggle to secure a simple majority in the Assembly polls. Congress improved its Lok Sabha tally by four seats as compared to 2004 when it won 29 seats. But in the case of the Assembly (polls), its overall strength came down from 185 to 156 seats. The main opposition TDP doubled its tally. The TDP, which formed the Mahakutami (great alliance) with TRS and Left with the sole aim of defeating Congress remained far from majority”.

Referring to the developments of 2010, the AICC report did mention about the incidents leading to the resignation of Mr Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy. “On 19 July, Congress warned Jaganmohan Reddy that his comments on the Central leadership and Chief Minister Rosaiah were not in the best interest of the party and that the party would act”.

“Again on 21 August, the party warned him of disciplinary action if he went ahead with his yatra. Jagan Mohan Reddy has been consistently defying the Congress central leadership by undertaking the yatra and by making unflattering comments about Congress in his television channel”.