Jagan denies taking a U-turn on Kapu quota

Pithapuram: YSRCP never took a U-turn on Kapu reservation issue and there was no change in its stand on Kapu reservation issue, asserted party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy. 

Clarifying on the issue, Jagan accused the media, especially the electronic media, of distorting his comments at a public meeting in Jaggampeta in East Godavari district.  

Addressing a public meeting here on Tuesday, the YSRCP chief made it clear that the YSRCP would support the Kapu quota issue without causing any loss to the BCs and harming their rights. 

Naidu remembers the Kapus only when the movement for quota of the Kapus reaches its crescendo, he said pointing out that the Chief Minister had released only Rs 1,342 crore for the Kapu Corporation as against the Rs 5,000 crore promised by him. 

He alleged that Naidu appointed a commission on quota for Kapus to hoodwink the Kapus and presented a report of the commission, which did not bear the signature of the chairman of the commission, on the floor of the state Legislative Assembly. 

Referring to quota stir by Gujjars and Jats in some states, he said that he had requested the Centre for a solution on the Kapu reservations issue but never made false promises on the issue like Naidu. 

The Opposition leader breathed fire on local MLA N V S N Varma accusing him of encouraging sand mafia  in the constituency. Earlier, Kapu youth staged a black flag demonstration to express their protest against the Jagan’s statements in Jaggampeta.