Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 24 (ANI): Former Andhra Pradesh Minister and YSR Congress Party leader Jogi Ramesh on Monday strongly condemned attempts to politicise a personal dispute involving his son Rajeev and daughter-in-law Meghana.
He said family matters were being deliberately used to target him politically and malign his family.
Speaking to the media, Ramesh said he had performed his responsibility as a father and grandly conducted Rajeev's marriage. After marriage, differences arose between the couple. The family sincerely wanted them to live together and made several efforts to bring about reconciliation. However, as the differences increased, Rajeev filed a divorce petition.
Ramesh said Meghana was like his own daughter and expressed pain over the developments. He said a complaint was filed this month and an FIR was registered against 11 members of his family. He objected particularly to references to religious conversion in the FIR. "Is it wrong if my wife reads the Bible or listens to the teachings of Jesus Christ?" he asked. He said his family respects all religions, visits temples in Tirupati and Vijayawada, and has also performed religious rituals and yagnas.
He alleged that his family was being subjected to a deliberate campaign of misinformation. Fake videos, audios and AI-generated content were being circulated for the past month, including through the iTDP X handle, he said. He questioned why certain media organisations were repeatedly broadcasting private family matters and causing mental distress.
Ramesh said BC leaders were being targeted and asked why politics should be taken to such a personal level. He alleged that MLA Vasantha Krishna Prasad had intervened in the matter and said his in-laws had met the MLA. He pointed out that he had never spoken about Krishna Prasad's personal life.
"Which family does not have personal issues? Have there never been family issues in the families of NTR, ANR or Chiranjeevi?" Ramesh asked. He urged Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Minister Nara Lokesh to stop using family disputes for political purposes.
Ramesh said he and his family had been targeted ever since Chandrababu Naidu returned to power. "Jogi Ramesh will never do anything wrong. I am ready to face anything politically," he said, asserting that political battles should be fought politically without dragging families into them. (ANI)
YSRCP's Jogi Ramesh condemns attempts to politicise family dispute, says his family is being targeted
