Health Minister DL Ravindra Reddy alleged that YSR Congress party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy had forced some of the congress legislators to resign in his favour.

Speaking to media persons in Hyderabad this evening, the minister said that some of the MLAs who resigned on coercion from Jagan would soon come back to the party fold. When asked how many of the 26 MLAs who resigned may come back to the congress fold, he said, “ten MLAs are likely to come back.”

Observing that Jagan launched his political party with a view of robbing the state, Ravindra Reddy said that political parties launched for the sake of individuals would not last long.

Meanwhile, senior officials of the Jagan-owned Jagathi Publications today attended before CBI and answered a questionnaire on the investments received by their company.  In a related development, CBI officials in Delhi handed over some of the files and documents seized during their searches to the senior officials of the Enforcement Directorate.