<p>Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily, who is in charge of the Congress’ affairs in Andhra Pradesh, said that he had advised Reddy to refrain from the yatra.<br /><br />Reddy had earlier in the day claimed that Moily had given him the go-ahead to carry on with his yatra. But the Law Minister contradicted him in the evening and reiterated the party stand that the young MP should not continue his yatra.<br /><br />“The meeting went off well. He has given me a go-ahead. He told me to go and continue with whatever I am doing,” Reddy told journalists after meeting Moily. He also claimed that the Law Minister had appreciated him for embarking on the yatra.<br /><br />Reddy’s aides told journalists that Jagan would now resume his yatra from Srikakulam in coastal Andhra Pradesh from June 8 next. They also said that the Kadapa MP would now carry on his yatra in non-Telangana regions of Andhra Pradesh and would travel to Telangana after the crucial by-elections to the State Assembly. <br /><br />The pro-Telangana groups had opposed Reddy’s yatra as they perceived it as a campaign against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and creation of the new State. Even the Telangana MPs and MLAs within the Congress are unhappy over Reddy’s tours to the region.<br /><br />According to the sources in the Congress, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah had called up Moily and party president Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary Ahmed Patel to express his displeasure over the approval that Reddy claimed to have got from the party’s top brass in Delhi.<br /><br />Moily then called up Reddy again and conveyed to him the high command’s directive to abandon the yatra. <br /><br />The Law Minister clarified in the evening that the party had not given the go-ahead to Reddy. “My advice to him is that he should not embark on the yatra at all. I told him this after I heard that he would go to non-Telangana regions. The rest is upto him,” said Moily. The young MP is believed to have told Moily that he had embarked on the yatra not for pursuing any political agenda, but just to console the families of those who had reportedly committed suicide or died of heart attack after hearing about the helicopter crash that had killed his father last year.<br /><br />According to the sources, the high command is keen to handle Reddy with care at least till the Rajya Sabha polls, ostensibly to ensure that he and his loyalists do not sabotage the party.In Hyderabad, Congress MPs from Telangana came out in support of Chief Minister K Rosaiah, criticising Jagan for speaking rudely about the CM. <a href="../content/72812/ap-ministers-back-rosaiah.html"><br /><br />AP ministers back Rosaiah</a><br /></p>
<p>Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily, who is in charge of the Congress’ affairs in Andhra Pradesh, said that he had advised Reddy to refrain from the yatra.<br /><br />Reddy had earlier in the day claimed that Moily had given him the go-ahead to carry on with his yatra. But the Law Minister contradicted him in the evening and reiterated the party stand that the young MP should not continue his yatra.<br /><br />“The meeting went off well. He has given me a go-ahead. He told me to go and continue with whatever I am doing,” Reddy told journalists after meeting Moily. He also claimed that the Law Minister had appreciated him for embarking on the yatra.<br /><br />Reddy’s aides told journalists that Jagan would now resume his yatra from Srikakulam in coastal Andhra Pradesh from June 8 next. They also said that the Kadapa MP would now carry on his yatra in non-Telangana regions of Andhra Pradesh and would travel to Telangana after the crucial by-elections to the State Assembly. <br /><br />The pro-Telangana groups had opposed Reddy’s yatra as they perceived it as a campaign against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and creation of the new State. Even the Telangana MPs and MLAs within the Congress are unhappy over Reddy’s tours to the region.<br /><br />According to the sources in the Congress, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah had called up Moily and party president Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary Ahmed Patel to express his displeasure over the approval that Reddy claimed to have got from the party’s top brass in Delhi.<br /><br />Moily then called up Reddy again and conveyed to him the high command’s directive to abandon the yatra. <br /><br />The Law Minister clarified in the evening that the party had not given the go-ahead to Reddy. “My advice to him is that he should not embark on the yatra at all. I told him this after I heard that he would go to non-Telangana regions. The rest is upto him,” said Moily. The young MP is believed to have told Moily that he had embarked on the yatra not for pursuing any political agenda, but just to console the families of those who had reportedly committed suicide or died of heart attack after hearing about the helicopter crash that had killed his father last year.<br /><br />According to the sources, the high command is keen to handle Reddy with care at least till the Rajya Sabha polls, ostensibly to ensure that he and his loyalists do not sabotage the party.In Hyderabad, Congress MPs from Telangana came out in support of Chief Minister K Rosaiah, criticising Jagan for speaking rudely about the CM. <a href="../content/72812/ap-ministers-back-rosaiah.html"><br /><br />AP ministers back Rosaiah</a><br /></p>
