YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy has decided to move the Supreme Court against the chargesheet that was filed against him in the illegal assets case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation had filed a chargesheet against Jagan and 12 others on Saturday stating that they had fraudulently used the office of the late Dr Y S Rajasekara Reddy to acquire land and had amassed ill gotten wealth.
The mood in the Jagan camp on Sunday is however not a dull one. They are confident that their leader would come out clean.
They say that the fact that he was not arrested or even questioned before the chargesheet was filed itself was an indication that the case was a weak one.
However, the biggest defence taken by Jagan is that the Supreme Court had issued notices to six sitting Congress MLAs who are also ministers in connection with the same case. The notices were issued in connection with 26 deals which are pertaining to the same case.
"All decisions are that of the Congress cabinet and just because Jagan is no longer in that party does not mean that only he is to be blamed. The Congress will need to take responsibility and we would like to see if they would shield their ministers or allow them to be probed," a member of the YSR Congress said.
The last time Jagan had moved the Supreme Court against the CBI probe, he returned without relief. The court had however said that he could move it again at an appropriate time when the investigation is complete and this would not be the time to stop the investigation.
His legal team is currently in discussion and would decide on a suitable date to approach the Supreme Court in the next couple of days.
