Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y.S. Sharmila on Monday dismissed allegations that her husband Anil had met then President Pranab Mukherjee after her father Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s death, with the twin goals of making her (Ms. Sharmila) the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and imprisoning her brother Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy over embezzlement charges.
In her address to Congress party workers here, Ms. Sharmila maintained that when Mr. Anil met Mukherjee, he was accompanied by Y.S. Bharathi Reddy, Mr. Jagan’s wife. “If the YSRCP leaders have any suspicions about this, they should ask the former President’s son,” the APCC chief said.
Ms. Sharmila lamented that after becoming Chief Minister, Mr. Jagan had changed a lot. “He is going against what my father YSR stood for. While I do not consider him as my brother any more, I do not harbour any grudges against him,” Ms. Sharmila said.
