Why is jagan in jail

Jagan Mohan Reddy to walk out of jail today, his family doesn't rule out backing Congress. Now, as he prepares to leave jail after 16 months, his family says the party expects to sweep the next elections in Andhra Pradesh and does not rule out backing the Congress at the Centre.

Disproportionate assets case: Jagan Mohan Reddy's judicial remand extended till September Jagan Mohan Reddy returns to Chanchalguda jail from hospital. Jagan Mohan Reddy's sugar level falls as he continues his indefinite fast.

Jagan Mohan Reddy continues fast in jail against Telangana. He is protesting the manner in which Congress decided to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh without doing justice to all the regions. Jagan Mohan Reddy on indefinite fast in jail against Telangana; prison authorities may take action. Jailed YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy today refused to take food during lunch and dinner which was served to him at the Chanchalguda Central Prison following his announcement to launch an indefinite fast to protest the move to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.

Jagan Mohan Reddy begins indefinite fast in jail. Jagan Mohan Reddy to go on indefinite fast in jail from today. Jagan Mohan Reddy's judicial custody extended. On the other hand, the media houses patronize the Telugu Desam Party and its helmsman Chandrababu Naidu. This generated a lot of goodwill for Naidu among all sections of people, especially those who depend on the news media. As if to add insult to injury, neither Jagan nor his family members grant interviews to any of the print or electronic media organisations headquartered in Hyderabad.

Like Jagan, most senior leaders of his party too are inaccessible to media. In a complete contrast, leaders of the Telugu Desam Party and the Congress are proactive in keeping in touch with media persons and media owners — be it newspapers or TV channels or even new media.

While those representing the TDP are thorough with the subjects they are handling or are dexterous at bulldozing through using lung power, YSRC leaders are often caught off-guard and fail to counter the high-octane criticism. Jagan, for reasons best known to him, is convinced that any political party can exist only in one region of the about-to-be bifurcated Andhra Pradesh. It is for this reason that he has apparently deliberately ignored nursing the party in Telangana, though the late YSR still enjoys considerable popularity among the masses in this region.

Thus, he has alienated himself in the region, taking a strong anti-Telangana stand unlike other parties which played to the gallery. Jagan is accused of being autocratic, failing to encourage the growth of a second rung of leadership and also at the grassroots level which is vital for any political party. The enforcement of a bandh call given by the YSR Congress on a few occasions earlier had exposed the lack of organizational set-up that percolated down to villages.

Though for the record, he tried to enlist the support of several national leaders by meeting them personally, he has never been able to portray himself as a cobbler of a national alternative to the Congress or the BJP.

The exit of inconsequential leaders from the party is magnified by unfriendly media and entry of powerful leaders is willfully downplayed, if not vilified. Jagan, who was present in the court, argued his case on his own for a while with the permission of the court and described the whole case as a political vendetta.

Why is it being made out to be a crime to invest in my paper. When a rival daily Eenadu valued itself at Rs 6, crore, nobody faulted it and when my paper was valued at half of that cost, it is being shown as a scam. When Eenadu sold its shares at Rs 5. But when Sakshi sells its share at Rs per share, it is being shown as a scam. Since the bypolls are slated to take place, attempts are being made through the CBI to keep me away from the people," Jagan told the court.

India's richest MP is now qaidi no. Cheerful and smiling, Jagan folded his hands greeting the huge contingent of cops and mediapersons at jail. After prison officials checked the identification marks on his body and numbered him qaidi no. Prison sources say Jagan was allotted a special room.

The room measures 10 ft x 10 ft and has an attached toilet. He has been provided with a cot and a mattress, as per the jail manual. A TV set is also there, but only DD channels can be accessed.