Caravan magazine published a wonderful article on Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (In the name of the father – the will and the way of Jagan Mohan Reddy). Donthi Praveen of Caravan impartially analysed Y.S. Jagan’s political moves and events occurred after YSR death. Highlights of YS Jagan interview:  1. On odarpu yatra: “Two and a half years we have sustained it. Did anyone think 21/2 years ago when I quit the Congress party that I will come this far?” 2. On Congress and TDP: “In these days of political wars, if there was no third party, they would have the ground free for themselves. They have come together to malign the great departed leader, YSR. GOD is watching them from above.” 3. “We are going to create so much history that history will remember us forever. We will sweep the state. GOD will provide us with such numbers that we will sweep the state.” 4. “If I had done according to their instructions, they would have probably elevated me to some central ministry. But, I wanted to keep my word (to visit every family who had given up theie lives for my dad).” 5. “If I were a person to think of a chair, I wouldn’t have left the party for a word –not a little bit of buttering and selling your character gets you to that seat.” 6. Jagan on YSR death: “So many things went wrong on that particular day. It is very difficult to believe it is a coincidence for so many things to go wrong on one particular day. But, it is very difficult for me to say what happened.” 7. “If I had become the Chief Minister the day my father passed away, I wouldn’t have been a good chief minister. If GOD permits me to get onto that chair – the … [Read more...]