PCC to take action against Jagan group MLAs

RAJAHMUNDRY: Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president and transport minister Botcha Satyanarayana has said disciplinary action will be initiated against Jagan loyalist MLAs after the decision of Assembly speaker on their resignations.Addressing roadshows in Tuni, Kattipudi, Pithapuram, Sarpavaram and Kakinada on Sunday, he said people would not tolerate the action of Jagan loyalist MLAs who submitted their resignations in protest against mentioning of former chief minister YSR’s name in the FIR filed by the CBI as part of its probe into the assets of YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy.YSR Congress Party is trying to get political mileage highlighting the issue.The Congress is ready to face mid-term elections, if necessary, he said.The PCC president accused Jagan of trying to topple the Congress government in the state by purchasing some MLAs with his ill-gotten wealth.But there is no threat to the Kiran Kumar Reddy government with the resignation of Jagan loyalist MLAs, he said.Union minister of state for defence MM Pallam Raju, stamps and registration minister Thota Narasimham, animal husbandry minister Pinepe Viswaroop, Tuni MLA Raja Ashok Babu and other MLAs were present.