YSR Congress will sweep next elections: YS Bharathi

As YS Jagan Mohan Reddy remained in jail a year after his arrest, his wife Y.S. Bharathi Reddy believes it is not because of corruption but because both the Congress and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) don't want him to be among people.

"He is in jail today because the political fortunes of the Congress and TDP depend on him being in or out (of prison)," YS Bharathi told IANS in an interview.

Though it has been a tough year for Bharathi and the family, she is confident that YSR Congress will sweep next year's elections and he will become the chief minister. Bharathi alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was prolonging the case deliberately to keep him in jail.

"In October, CBI said they need three months (to complete investigation). After eight months when we went to the Supreme Court, the CBI said they need another four months. The court said okay we will give four months and then the CBI said we will find grounds for seeking more time. What kind of investigation is this?", she asked. "All this is nothing but crushing political dissent. We live in a democratic country. Then why are they crushing a political party so ruthlessly?"

The 34-year-old Bharathi, who is looking after the family business in the absence of her husband, claims people had made up their mind to make Jagan chief minister when his father YSR (Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy) died in a helicopter crash in September 2009. "They see Jagan as a sincere leader fighting for them. They believe only Jagan will do what his father did. None of these things (cases) will make any difference. "If they don't bring Jagan out, it will be a clean sweep," she said when asked how the party would fare in the coming elections to the assembly and Lok Sabha if Jagan remains in jail.

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