YSR’s son makes a ‘power’ point
HYDERABAD: For the first time, a war of words ensued between Chief Minister K Rosaiah and chief ministerial aspirant YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at a meeting of MPs from Andhra Pradesh here on Tuesday.
During the closed-door meeting, Jagan Mohan Reddy raised the issue of the ‘‘failure’’ of the State Government in implementing promises made by his late father to the electorate - nine-hour power supply to the farm sector and increasing subsidy rice quota from 20 kg per family to 30.
That Jagan Mohan Reddy should have chosen to talk tough, in an apparent show of belligerence, instead of simply requesting Rosaiah –– as is the norm when party MPs meet a Chief Minister –– sends loud and clear signals that he is preparing to confront the establishment to assert himself and make it clear that he may be down but not out. Sources said when Rosaiah had expressed his inability to implement both the YSR promises, Jagan Mohan Reddy suggested that if he rolled back GO No: 131 that allows private power producers to sell 20 per cent of the power they generate in the open market, supplying power to the farm sector for nine hours would not be difficult.
Rosaiah minced no words in telling Jagan that he had only issued the GO as the decision was taken by Rajasekhara Reddy himself in 2008, the sources said. As regards increasing the quota of rice, Rosaiah said the Centre had expressed helplessness in supplying additional quantiy of 1.75 lakh tonnes required at subsidised price.
At present, for the supply of 20 kg of rice, the Centre is supplying 3.5 lakh tonnes at Rs 8.65 per kg. The Centre had advised the State to procure rice from the open market, a tall order given the State’s finances, Rosaiah pointed out.
Jagan Welcomes CBI probe
Welcoming the CBI probe, the late YSR’s son and Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday asserted that he was in no way concerned with the issue. He said he had not invested even a single rupee in the OMC and that the ongoing dispute was between the OMC and the Bellary Iron Ore Ltd. Referring to reports that the OMC and Sakshi newspaper owned by him were registered with the same address, he said it did not mean that he had invested money in the OMC.
HYDERABAD: For the first time, a war of words ensued between Chief Minister K Rosaiah and chief ministerial aspirant YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at a meeting of MPs from Andhra Pradesh here on Tuesday.
During the closed-door meeting, Jagan Mohan Reddy raised the issue of the ‘‘failure’’ of the State Government in implementing promises made by his late father to the electorate - nine-hour power supply to the farm sector and increasing subsidy rice quota from 20 kg per family to 30.
That Jagan Mohan Reddy should have chosen to talk tough, in an apparent show of belligerence, instead of simply requesting Rosaiah –– as is the norm when party MPs meet a Chief Minister –– sends loud and clear signals that he is preparing to confront the establishment to assert himself and make it clear that he may be down but not out. Sources said when Rosaiah had expressed his inability to implement both the YSR promises, Jagan Mohan Reddy suggested that if he rolled back GO No: 131 that allows private power producers to sell 20 per cent of the power they generate in the open market, supplying power to the farm sector for nine hours would not be difficult.
Rosaiah minced no words in telling Jagan that he had only issued the GO as the decision was taken by Rajasekhara Reddy himself in 2008, the sources said. As regards increasing the quota of rice, Rosaiah said the Centre had expressed helplessness in supplying additional quantiy of 1.75 lakh tonnes required at subsidised price.
At present, for the supply of 20 kg of rice, the Centre is supplying 3.5 lakh tonnes at Rs 8.65 per kg. The Centre had advised the State to procure rice from the open market, a tall order given the State’s finances, Rosaiah pointed out.
Jagan Welcomes CBI probe
Welcoming the CBI probe, the late YSR’s son and Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday asserted that he was in no way concerned with the issue. He said he had not invested even a single rupee in the OMC and that the ongoing dispute was between the OMC and the Bellary Iron Ore Ltd. Referring to reports that the OMC and Sakshi newspaper owned by him were registered with the same address, he said it did not mean that he had invested money in the OMC.
