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Jaganmohan Reddy
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Personal life
Jaganmohan Reddy 8as born *ecember # , +,# in Puli(endula (illage of )adapa *istrict, Andhra Pradesh. 3e recei(ed his early education from Puli(endula and 3yderabad Public School. 3e founded the daily 5elugu language ne8spaper Sakshi and the tele(ision channel Sakshi 5'.% 9& 3e is the chief promoter of 1harathi 0ements.% +& Reddy is a Protestant 0hristian.%#$& 3e has a younger sister, Y. S. Sharmila, a politician.
Political life
3e started his political career by campaigning for 0ongress party in #$$. elections in )adapa *istrict, and in the #$$+ elections he 8as elected as member of Parliament from )adapa constituency as a member of the 7ndian Cational 0ongress. 3o8e(er, his political career took a ne8 innings 8ith the demise of his father, 0hief "inister Y. S. Ra2asekhara Reddy -=YSR=/. 3is relationship 8ith the 7ndian Cational 0ongress -7C0/ continuously deteriorated after his fatherDs death%# & Si> months after his fatherDs death, he began an odarpu yatra -condolence tour/ as promised earlier to go and meet the families of those alleged to ha(e either committed suicide or suffered ill health on the ne8s of his fatherDs death. 5he 0ongress partyDs central leadership directed him to call off his odarpu yatra, and order 8hich he defied leading to a fallout bet8een the high command and himself. 3e 8ent ahead 8ith the yatra, stating that it 8as a personal matter.%##& Jagan as a president of YSR 0ongress faced byAelection from the )adapa constituency and 8on by the huge margin of ;.;,$.! (otes.%#!& Bn Co(ember #+, #$ $, he resigned, after a fallout 8ith the 0ongress party high command.%#.& 3e announced on , *ecember #$ $ from Puli(endula that he 8ould be starting a ne8 party 8ithin .; days. 7n February, #$ , he took o(er a party 8hich had e>isted on paper only since the prior July, and 8as officially recogni?ed on February < as president of the YSR 0ongress Party.%#;&
orru"tion harges
Y.S.R. ReddyDs election declaration of #$$. included ta> returns sho8ing JaganDs assets at Rs. +.# lakh, out of a total family assets of Rs. ;$ lakhs.%#<& 7n April #$$+, Jagan re(ealed total assets of Rs. ,, crores, and by #$ this has allegedly increased to amount Rs. !<; crore.%#,&
7n August #$ , the Andhra Pradesh 3igh 0ourt, based on preliminary report by the 017, ordered a thorough probe.%#9& 7n addition to the 017, the 0omptroller and Auditor Eeneral -0AE/%#+& and the 7ndian Re(enue Ser(ice -7RS/%!$& ha(e been probing the corruption charges.
5he chairman of the large construction firm Ramky Eroup, 8hich 8as de(eloping a large residential comple>, paid Rs $ crore to "s Jagathi Publications -a JaganAo8ned company 8hich prints the daily Sakshi/.%!9& 5he :uidAproA:uo allegedly in(ol(ed stamp duty and registration fee that 8ere 8ai(ed as per a Eo(ernment Brder in #$$9 . %!+& Ratna Prabha, an 7AS officer 8ho signed this order, later stated that she had initially opposed the e>emptions since it 8ould =ad(ersely affect the re(enue of the state=, but that she 8as o(erruled by the cabinet of Y.S.R. Reddy.%.$& 5he properties of Ramky @states, 8orth Rs. !; crores, has been fro?en.%. & 7n addition to the 017 and the 7ncome 5a> *epartment, the @nforcement *irectorate is also in(estigating ReddyDs assets. As of June #$ !, the *irectorate has attached Rs.##+.. crore from (arious firms associated 8ith him, based on e(idence that the money 8as obtained by gi(ing undue fa(ours.%.#&
7n "arch #$ #, the Supreme 0ourt directed the 017 to e>tend their in(estigations to si> ministers -)anna Gakshminarayana, "opide(i 'enkata Ramana Sabita 7ndra Reddy, Ponnala Gakshmaiah, J Eeetha Reddy and *harmana Prasada Rao/, and eight senior bureaucrats, 8ho 8ere implicated in issuing #< Eo(ernment orders that helped the companies in(esting in JaganDs firms.%;#& Andhra @>cise minister "opide(i 'enkataramana 8as arrested on #. "ay #$ #.%;!& 017 also summoned 1007 chief "r C Srini(asan on , June #$ #.%;.& As a se:uel to allegations that 017 had selecti(ely released information to the press to tarnish the image of Jaganmohan Reddy, the 0entral 'igilance 0ommissioner sought a report on the matter from the in(estigating agency. %;;&
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