The wedding card had been printed and the date fixed. But there was a problem with the venue.
What began as a family row between YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and his sister, YS Sharmila, over a Bengaluru house has now landed in the middle of Andhra Pradesh politics. Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president YS Sharmila wants to hold her daughter’s wedding at the Bengaluru home of Jagan Reddy. But he asked her to find another venue, citing security risks. Naidu claimed that Reddy’s father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, had divided the Yelahanka property into two parts. This is the Bengaluru home at the centre of the dispute. He argued that Rajasekhara Reddy had faced a greater security threat and had still held weddings in the same house, including his own and that of Sunitha. READ | ‘Failed As Chief Minister, Brother’: Chandrababu Naidu Attacks Jagan Reddy The YSRCP president asked Sharmila to find another venue. He noted that she had not used a convention centre or destination wedding venue, as she did for her son Raja’s wedding. He is treating his own mother and sister unfairly over property disputes. Jagan’s sister also has a share in the family property but he is obstructing the niece’s wedding.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday accused the YSRCP chief of being “like Kansa Mama” (the maternal uncle of Lord Krishna in Hindu mythology) and of failing “as an elder brother”. He said one part went to his daughter and the other to his son. Naidu also said the wedding card had been printed and preparations completed before Reddy withdrew permission. “The people surrounding him made up a story about security,” Naidu said. “He has failed as Chief Minister, party leader, son, brother and even as a citizen,” Naidu said. He said he had also offered her the use of his Lotus Pond property in Hyderabad, and that the offer still stands. Earlier reporting noted: Chandrababu Naidu compares Jagan Mohan Reddy to ‘Kamsa’ from Mahabharata over niece’s wedding row Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday compared YSR Congress Party leader Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to the mythological character “Kamsa” from the Mahabharata, accusing him of obstructing his niece’s wedding at the Yelahanka Palace. He is behaving like Kamsa of Mahabharata,” the chief minister said. Earlier reporting noted: Naidu said the public should understand what he described as Jagan’s dangerous mindset and alleged that his overall approach was driven by destruction.
Earlier reporting noted: “Jagan lacks political, moral and family values.
