A1 writing letter to CJI laughable: Yanamala Ramakrishnudu

Amaravati: Objecting writing letter to the Chief Justice of India by the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy against the judges and courts, TDP senior leader and Leader of Opposition in the Council Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said that it was like the devil quoting from the scriptures, in a statement on Sunday.

Ramakrishnudu termed it as laughable that Jagan, who was A1 in 12 charge-sheets of the CBI and 5 charge-sheets of the ED wrote the letter to the CJI.

It was unfortunate that on the one hand, the Chief Minister was making mockery of democracy and the Constitution and undermined the Rule of Law while, on the other hand, he was talking about violations of the same Constitution and democratic institutions.

In a statement here, the Opposition Leader in AP Council said that it was indeed an audacious and arrogant move on the part of Mr Jagan Reddy to resort to mud-slinging on the judges directly. No prime accused in so many cases displayed such audacity to attack the courts in the past. This was undoubtedly a huge setback to the judiciary of the nation. In its affidavit, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has stated that the AP CM indulged in Rs. 43,000 Cr corruption.

Ramakrishnudu recalled that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had attached already over Rs. 4,000 worth property belonging to Mr Jagan Reddy. A person facing such serious charges in the CBI and the ED had no moral right to comment on others. It was nothing but the misuse of power that the people had given the CM for the sake of rendering service for them but not for his selfish, personal interests.

Ramakrishnudu asserted that Jagan Reddy's letter to the CJI would carry no weight considering his dubious track record of being an A1 in 16 chargesheets. The letter might be an attempt to browbeat the lower levels of judiciary at a time when the CM's illegal assets cases were coming up for daily trials in the CBI Special Court. The courts had only issued stay orders on the AP Government's GOs since they were in violation of the Constitution and the laws of the land.

Stating that Jagan Reddy began his rule with violations, Mr. Ramakrishnudu asked how it could be termed as wrong for the High Court to stay the CRDA Repeal decision for the sake of protecting the Constitutional rights of the farmers. The Amaravati farmers sacrificed over 34,000 acres for which the Government cannot shun it responsibility. It was also nothing wrong for the court to block the shifting of the Government officers when the decentralisation and CRDA Repeal Bills were still pending for final clearance.

The TDP leader demanded the Jagan regime to explain how the courts could be faulted for staying its decision to change medium of instruction when the Right to Education Act was insisting on mother tongue for imparting education. In the 74 years history of Indian independent politics, no other ruling party in any State has dared to paint party colours on Government buildings except in AP.