Jagan lashes out at oppn., media for ‘smear campaign’
The Hindu
Assaults, question paper leak the handiwork of TDP, he alleges
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has lashed out at the opposition parties and a section of the media for resorting to a ‘smear campaign’ against his government and politicising every incident witnessed in the State.
Citing the instances of physical assault and rape of women, and the question paper leak that surfaced recently, he tore into the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the media houses supporting it for misrepresenting facts and blowing things out of proportion.
After launching ‘Jagananna Vidya Deevena’, the flagship programme meant to support the educational needs of students, he addressed a public meeting here on Thursday when he pointed out that the leakage of question papers was reported from schools managed by a former Minister in the TDP Cabinet.
On the leaked question papers immediately appearing on social media platforms, he called it a ‘mala fide attempt’ to tarnish the government’s image.
Referring to the back-to-back rape and molestation incidents witnessed in the State, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy accused the perpetrators as ‘TDP supporters’.
“The unfortunate events reported from Guntur, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam point to the involvement of TDP men. This shows that the opposition party is unable to digest the support the government is getting from womenfolk in the State,” he charged. He called upon the public to pray to Lord Venkateswara ‘from this holy Tirupati to save the State from these unprincipled elements’.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.