Hyderabad,
June 6: The YSR Congress Chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has filed a writ
petition in the high court asking for an opportunity to speak to the
media in view of the ongoing by-elections.
He
sought an opportunity to have his voice heard by the people, through
the print and electronic media. He has asked the court to provide him
‘Right to Express’, as enshrined in schedule 19(1) of the constitution.
He
has added the jails DG, IG and DIG as respondents in the petition in
which he has sought permission to speak to the media as an under-trial.
It
may be mentioned here that Jagan was arrested by the CBI in connection
with the disproportionate assets case on May 27 after questioning him
for three days. He was produced in the CBI court on the next day and was
remanded to judicial custody till June 11.
Jagan’s
attempts to get bail or at least an interim bail to campaign for his
party had failed as both the CBI court and high court have rejected his
petitions. As he was unable to campaign for his party for the by-polls
scheduled for June 12, Jagan’s mother and honorary president of YSR
Congress Y S Vijayamma and his sister Sharmila started campaigning for
the party candidates.
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