YSRCP serves legal notice on Anam

Hyderabad, April 29, 2013: YSR Congress Party has served a legal notice on Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy for making defamatory, slanderous and mudslinging speech against party chief Sri Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and other YSR family members.

YSRCP spokesman Janak Prasad told reporters that party vice president Siva Kumar had sent this legal notice asking the Minister to tender an unconditional apology or be ready to face the legal consequences arising out of a possible defamation suit.

Janak Prasad said the Minister’s speech violated all constitutional tenets as he talked in terms of influencing the courts which are seized of the case against Sri Jagan Mohan Reddy.

“At a time when the investigation is under progress and courts are yet to deliver judgments over the issue, the Minister made slanderous speech aiming at influencing the court decisions,” Janak Prasad said, adding the Minister has no right to continue in office after bringing disrepute to the Cabinet by indulging in such rhetoric.

Siva Kumar, who also addressed the media, said the Minister’s speech attracted the provisions of the contempt of the court. “By indulging in loose talk and making blasphemy against the YSR family and out leaders, the Minister had denigrated the reputation of our party leaders,” they said, he must tender an unconditional apology publicly or else should face the defamation case.

They also demanded the Governor dismiss the minister from the Cabinet as he failed to stand by the oath he took at the time of swearing-in as minister.