HYDERABAD: Even as YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was stepping inside Chanchalguda jail on Monday after the CBI court rejected his bail application as well as the CBI plea for his custody, his mother Vijayamma decided to take up bypoll campaigning.Late on Monday evening, after Vijayamma ended her fast which began after her son’s arrest on Sunday night, her itinerary was finalised by the party. She will begin campaigning on May 30 in the vehicle that her late husband had used during the 2009 general elections, starting from Narasannapeta in Srikakulam district. Her first phase of campaign which will end on June 3 at Prattipadu, after covering Payakaraopet, Ramachandrapuram, Narasapuram and Polavaram.The day began with hectic activity at Dilkusha guesthouse where Jagan Mohan Reddy was lodged for the night after arrest. As the dawn cracked, Jagan’s wife Bharati met him at the guesthouse and later the CBI took him away to Nampally courts complex for presenting him before the CBI magistrate. Police remained hyperactive, clearing the road for him to reach the court premises by 10 a.m.Meanwhile, the bandh called by YSR Congress to protest against Jagan Mohan Reddy’s arrest evoked little response. In Telangana, no one bothered about the call while in coastal districts, the impact was marginal. Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and other Congress leaders lashed out at Vijayamma for criticising Congress president Sonia Gandhi and advised her to explain how huge investments went into companies owned by his son, before targeting Congress leaders.As soon as the court began, the CBI moved a petition for his custody and arguments went on till afternoon. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s lawyers opposed his custody petition on the grounds that his arrest itself was illegal as he was arrested after the chargesheet against him was taken into cognizance by the court. The arrest was meant to restrain him from campaigning for the byelections, his counsels argued, but the magistrate dismissed the petition.After the court delivered the judgment, CBI officials took him to Chanchalguda prison, where he was given admission No. 6093 and then taken to the administrative barrack where he would spend the night. He would be provided a room on Tuesday in accordance with the instructions from the court, but it would be no match to the palaces that he had built for himself in Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
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