Over the last few days after the High Court has granted permission, YSR Congress President Y.S Jaganmohan Reddy visited London. However, this has caught the attention of the Telugu Desam Party leaders who have been levelling allegations against the Opposition party leader that his visit to London includes some shady business.
Stating that Jagan went to “bring back hawala money”, Telugu Desam Party MLC Buddha Venkanna said that “Jagan is having a secret meeting with Vijay Mallya and is also trying to bring back black money.” He said that the TDP will provide all the evidences regarding this. TDP leaders say that Jagan’s London visit is a cause for him to bring back all his money, nearly amounting to Rs. 3,500 crore, which he aims to spend for elections in Andhra Pradesh.
Earlier even Chief Minister and TDP Chief N. Chandrababu Naidu made comments about why Jagan had to visit London at a time when there are elections in the state. However, political observers feel that the TDP harping onto Jagan’s London visit is a trivial move. “Targeting his London visit is putting TDP in bad light. Some of them even went to the extent of saying that he met Vijay Mallya. All these seem senseless,” said a political observer.
However, according to official permission sought from the High Court, Jagan visited London with his wife Bharathi Reddy to meet their daughter who is studying there. Going by their comments ahead of the elections, TDP leaders need to up their ante instead of wasting their time on such senseless comments and counter criticism more strongly.
