HYDERABAD: Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani who met YS Jaganmohan Reddy at the Chanchalguda Central Prison on Thursday expressed unhappiness over all the facilities that were being denied to his client.
Jethmalani spent more than half-an-hour with the YSR Congress president who is in custody as an under-trial in an illegal assets case which is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
"The cases against him will go on in court but what is important now is that Jaganmohan Reddy, being a politician, should be allowed more freedom," Jethmalani said.
The senior lawyer said that the Constitution itself provided for certain relaxations which could be extended to under-trials and convicts. "Jagan is entitled to more liberty as he is a politician. This is an issue that the media too has to take up," Jethmalani said.
Jethmalani's allusion was to the recent instances where Jagan's uncle YS Vivekananda Reddy, and, before that, presidential aspirant PA Sangma were refused permission to meet the Kadapa MP in jail.
Jagan too has been knocking on the doors of the courts to secure bail but to little effect.
There were no other visitors for Jagan on the day with jail authorities having firmly informed his family that they are entitled to only two visits a week. A third visit may be allowed if the jail authorities are satisfied that the need is extraordinary.
According to sources, Jagan's family is expected to pay a visit to him on Friday. Some Jagan supporters who came from Vijayawada and other parts of the state spent several hours in front of the jail despite being told by prison officials that they would not be meeting him.
Jethmalani spent more than half-an-hour with the YSR Congress president who is in custody as an under-trial in an illegal assets case which is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
"The cases against him will go on in court but what is important now is that Jaganmohan Reddy, being a politician, should be allowed more freedom," Jethmalani said.
The senior lawyer said that the Constitution itself provided for certain relaxations which could be extended to under-trials and convicts. "Jagan is entitled to more liberty as he is a politician. This is an issue that the media too has to take up," Jethmalani said.
Jethmalani's allusion was to the recent instances where Jagan's uncle YS Vivekananda Reddy, and, before that, presidential aspirant PA Sangma were refused permission to meet the Kadapa MP in jail.
Jagan too has been knocking on the doors of the courts to secure bail but to little effect.
There were no other visitors for Jagan on the day with jail authorities having firmly informed his family that they are entitled to only two visits a week. A third visit may be allowed if the jail authorities are satisfied that the need is extraordinary.
According to sources, Jagan's family is expected to pay a visit to him on Friday. Some Jagan supporters who came from Vijayawada and other parts of the state spent several hours in front of the jail despite being told by prison officials that they would not be meeting him.
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