HYDERABAD: The war of words between Congress and Jagan camp has begun. While senior leader V Hanumantha Rao alleged that Jagan pursued `sava rajakeeyalu' (politics over dead bodies) in his pursuit to grab power, Jagan's close follower Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy said Congress owes an explanation to the people when Rajiv Gandhi was made PM hours after Indira Gandhi was assassinated.
"Hectic efforts were made to anoint Rajiv as PM even when the entire nation was mourning Indira Gandhi's death. Was it not politics over dead bodies?" Chevireddy questioned.
He ridiculed VHR's claims that Jagan had forced the signatures of 153 MLAs to make him as CM even before his father YSR's body was cremated. "The MLAs voluntarily signed for Jagan who, as per high command's orders, proposed Rosaiah as CM later," he recalled. Read More
