After keeping silent for a long time, former minister and Kapu strongman Mudragada Padmanabham is back in the news again.
Known for creating embarrassing situations to the governments of the day by dashing off letters, Mudragada on Tuesday wrote a letter to YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy seeking justice to the Kapu community.
Mudragada claimed that Kapus had voted en masse, except in a few places, in favour of YSR Congress in the recent assembly elections hoping that at least Jagan Mohan Reddy would be able to provide solution to the long-pending demand of the community for reservations in education and employment.
“We, Kapus, set aside even our own party (read: Jana Sena Party headed by Pawan Kalyan, a Kapu leader) and voted for the YSRC. Now, it is the time for you to reciprocate our support by fulfilling the demand for reservations,” he said.
Mudragada pointed out how the previous TDP government headed by N Chandrababu Naidu had betrayed the Kapu community by not fulfilling the demand.
“I request you to complete the Kapu reservation process which was left unsolved by Naidu,” he said.
He expressed confidence that YS Jagan’s government can do justice to the Kapu community. He requested CM to consider this issue and do justice to the Kapu.
“If you feel the issues raised by me are genuine, please implement the reservations for Kapus,” he said.
