Two days after Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's controversial yatra was launched, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah feels he needs advice, observing that the Congress MP can dream and aspire for the chief minister's post but there is a method to it.
"He is a young boy with a lot of future. He needs proper advice. He can dream, aspire and try for the CM's post but there is a method to try and get it.
It is not a post to be captured by doing something. Jaganmohan Reddy could have waited for sometime and staked his claim," Rosaiah, who is opposed to the yatra, told.
Son of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajashekhara Reddy, a defiant Jaganmohan is continuing his controversial 'odarpu yatra' (condolence march) ignoring reservations voiced by the Congress leadership. The yatra commenced on Thursday in Srikakulam district in AP and got a good response.
However, softening from his earlier stance, Rosaiah said, "It is not such a serious matter which will be seen as defiance by the Congress."
On the family member of MLAs and MPs seen by Jagan's side, Rosaiah said, "Family members of MLAs are not barred. Jagan is not an enemy, he is a member of the Congress, He is an MP."
Rosaiah stood by his decision to ask his Cabinet colleagues and party legislators to keep away from the yatra.
"Whether or not to take part in the yatra is an individual choice but if any minister, MLA or MLC indeed takes part in the yatra, it will be a clear violation of the high command," Rosaiah had told reporters on Wednesday.
But Rosaiah today said he believed that his MLAs won't go with Jagan. "This is the advice given by the Congress party. I expect my friends to be disciplined," he said. PTI
