Hitting out at Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and other opposition parties in the state, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said BJP stands for Babu (TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu), Jagan and Pawan (JanaSena founder Pawan Kalyan).
Addressing a poll rally here, the Congress leader alleged the remote control of the three leaders is with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Invoking the name of former Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), Rahul Gandhi said the former’s marathon political walkathon (padayatra) across Andhra was the inspiration for his nationwide Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“Today, Andhra Pradesh is run by the ‘B’ team of BJP. The BJP’s ‘B’ team means B for Babu, J for Jagan and P for Pawan. Remote control of these three people is with Narendra Modi,” Rahul said, taking a dig at the three parties (TDP, YSRCP and Janasena).
He further said these leaders were under Modi’s control as the latter has ED, CBI and other enforcement agencies at his disposal.
The Gandhi scion said Rajasekhara Reddy was like a brother to his father Rajiv Gandhi and both leaders shared a personal relationship also.
As and when the INDIA bloc comes to power at the Centre after the Lok Sabha elections, he claimed it will accord a 10-year special category status to Andhra Pradesh and fulfil other promises such as completing the Polavaram project, Kadapa steel plant and others.