The alleged murder of Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, brother of the former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, is part of a conspiracy to kill all members of the YSR family, alleged YSR Congress Party general secretary and Rajya Sabha member V. Vijaya Sai Reddy on Friday.
Addressing media at Lotus Pond, the party headquarters in Hyderabad, the MP said he suspected that the Telugu Desam Party was behind this conspiracy. He said that YSR’s family was being targeted since 1998. The TDP had a connection even with the murder of YSR’s father Y.S. Raja Reddy.
The ruling TDP had been harbouring assassins in its party offices, Mr. Vijaya Sai Reddy alleged.
Airport attack
Even those who were accused in the attempt on YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy in Visakhapatnam Airport belonged to the TDP, he alleged.
The TDP was connected to every murder in the State in the past five years, and the YSR Congress Party had absolutely no confidence in the police of Andhra Pradesh, the MP said.
He alleged that while Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Ministers Adinarayana Reddy and N. Lokesh had a role in the conspiracy to murder Vivekananda Reddy, the plot was executed by Mr. Adinarayana Reddy.
Party spokesperson Vasireddy Padma said that attempts were being made to sweep the murder under the carpet with a probe conducted by a Special Investigation Team.
The death of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter accident, the attempt on Mr. Jagan Mohan’s life atVisakhapatnam airport, and the murder of Vivekananda Reddy all appeared to be the handiwork of the same gang, she alleged.
A very high level investigation was needed to bring out the truth, she said.