Jagan will occupy Congress’ place : Subrahmanya Swamy

May 12, 2013, 16:07 IST

Janata Party president Subrahmanya Swamy on Sunday said YSRCP leader Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy would occupy the place of Congress after the 2014 elections in the State.

He, however, expressed hope that Jagan would not support the UPA government at the Centre and NDA may not have any problem with the YSR Congress. He was addressing a function in Vijayawada on Sunday.

Welcoming the efforts for forming a third front, Subramanya Swamy said UPA would face a problem with the third front. He alleged that AICC president Sonia Gandhi amassed wealth of lakhs of crores and they have been hidden in the foreign banks and said he would shortly divulge details of her foreign investments.

Swamy demanded that the Centre should take steps to bring back the black money deposited in foreign banks. Describing Prime Minister Manmohan Sigh as a phone in silent mode, he said the Union government should take steps to bring back all Rs 70 lakh crore of black money deposited in foreign banks. If we get back the entire black money from foreign banks, the people of this country need not pay any kind of taxes for another fifteen years, he said at a function here. He said that corruption should be rooted out, otherwise, we will not grow.

Corruption has become part of all sections and particularly in higher strata. The inefficient are purchasing the posts and seats with corruption which can be eliminated by the people only. In the future elections, the people will definitely defeat the corrupt politicians, he said. He accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of failing to take strong decisions against corrupt practices by the minister.

Swamy said he will oppose Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister even if the Congress get majority in next Lok Sabha elections. He expressed hope that India will become a super power in the next five years. We have enough youth force and they have to be trained and developed for better utilisation of their capacities, he said.