YS Vivekananda Reddy’s brutal murder has raised the temperature of state politics and it has become a political issue with both ruling and opposition parties leveling allegations against one another. While the SIT appointed by the state government is probing the matter at brisk speed, YS Viveka’s daughter YS Sunitha has called for a press conference to address on the issue.
In her first press conference briefing media, YS Sunitha said she is the only heiress to YS Vivekananda Reddy. She said she has been raised by her father with a lot of love and affection. She said her father YS Viveka had been busy with his public life. She said for him, “people were first and family were next”. Sunitha said YS Viveka had a great affinity toward the people of Pulivendula.
Talking about her father’s bone-chilling murder, Sunitha said she was aghast. She said various rumours, speculations aired in TV channels, published in newspapers have made her more upset. Calling for a thorough probe into her father’s murder, YS Sunitha demanded a stern action against the culprits who killed her father. Sunitha said she has been “hearing” a lot of “bad” propaganda against her slain father and she urged everyone to maintain calm, composure. “Please show him the respect that you show to him when he was alive. My sincere request to all people, politicians, media out there,” said YS Sunitha.
YS Sunitha asked why the people who sit above the SIT are jumping to conclusions even before the SIT’s investigation into her father’s murder is done. Responding to Chandrababu Naidu’s allegation that the murder happened within the family, Viveka’s daughter Sunitha responded gently. She said YS family has people from different walks of life, different castes, cultures, religions and she said all have learnt to live together despite the differences of opinions and diversified backgrounds.
“We learnt to live with each other. We respect each other. Just because we have difference of opinion, does that mean we kill each other?,” said YS Sunitha. She added that one needs maturity to understand this and she criticized that those who lacks the maturity are making such comments. She said each year all the family gathers and spends time. She said the family has already met twice in the last 3 or 4 months. She said YS family is a “cohesive” family.
YS Sunitha said it was her father’s dream to see YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as the Chief Minister. Hence she asked everyone to put a full stop to spreading ‘maligning’ rumours about her family.
On the whole, YS Sunitha addressed the media with a lot of composure. She handled all the questions with a lot of grace. While she speaks with confidence, one could see the pain in her voice and heart about her father’s unnatural death. She said she will wait for the SIT to complete its probe into her father’s death and asked one and all to maintain restraint.
