We will press for by-polls

Hyderabad, Feb 27: Reiterating that luring MLAs was a mockery of democracy, YSR Congress has said disqualification of the defected legislators was imminent and people’s court will give the mandate as to who stands for morals and values, Chandrababu Naidu or YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

 ‘When we move the no-confidence against the Speaker and issue a whip, we shall see what will the defected legislators do and the impending by-elections will tell on whose side people are,’ party PAC member and spokesperson Ambati Rambabu told reporters here on Saturday.

ChandrababuNaidu is a habitual manipulator of mandate while YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been a true fighter for justice and the comparison has been in the open since long.

 ‘We will mount pressure for resignation of the defected MLAs and go for the by-elections which will speak who has the people’s real mandate,’ he said.

While TDP has been raising a hue and cry in Telangana on defections, the scene has been reversed in Andhra Pradesh and Chandrababau Naidu has lost moral values after being involved in the cash for vote case in the neighbouring state.

‘He has compromised with TRS in Telangana after he tried to buy MLAs and his legislator was caught red-handed. Chandrababu Naidu has lost his face after engineering the defections and the by-elections are imminent in which we will prove as to who has the mandate of the people,’ he said.

 Poaching on opposition turf is a mockery of democracy and this immoral and corrupt practice has been the policy of TDP but we will pursue the issue and fight till by-election is forced and the malpractice is exposed in people’s court, he said.

Despite the severe public outcry and serious criticism from various quarters, TDP is still playing its mind game and poaching and we will come out with facts and details very soon, he said and demanded that the defectors should quit on their own seek a fresh mandate to upkeep the democratic norms.

Chandrababu Naidu has been a manipulator all his life while YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is a born fighter and the Party itself was born in grave difficulties and survived many hurdles but our leader had never compromised and defied Congress and Sonia Gandhi.

 He even went to jail but did not fall prey to baits and never compromised.

 These qualities have kept him on a high pedestal while Chandrababau Naidu is remembered as a backstabber and manipulator, he said.