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- He is the son of the former Chief minister of Andhra
Pradesh, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
- From May 2012 till Sept 2013, he was in jail under
the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for Disproportionate
Assets and providing quid pro quo favours to businesses.
- A series of bail applications were repeatedly rejected
by three levels of courts partly owing to "the serious
nature of the offence", with estimated "amounts exceeding
Rs. 3000 crores."
- The YSR Congress and other opposition parties have
alleged that Jagan is being politically victimized and the
CBI is acting at the behest of the Congress and that this is
a case of political vendetta.
- After 16 months, on September 23, 2013, a special CBI
court granted him bail, but he is not permitted to leave
Andhra Pradesh.
- Jagan has been the Leader of the Opposition in the
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly since June 2014.
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