'They are more brutal than the British': Jagan Mohan Reddy targets Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi: YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, in Delhi today to protest against the creation of Telangana, launched a sharp personal attack on Congress President Sonia Gandhi. In an exclusive interview to NDTV, he said that not even the British had done as much harm as Mrs Gandhi had to his state, Andhra Pradesh. "The INC now stands for Italian National Congress," he added.

Following are the highlights of his interview:

• Parliament is on. 16s MPs have been suspended, of which 14 are from Seemandhra.
• L Rajagopal helped by Congress, whatever he did in Parliament he did at the behest of Congress
• Our fight is very strong
• We have a single-point agenda
• None of these people are bothered about my state
• Whatever they're doing is for votes
• None can save Congress
• They are bound to get not even one state
• Congress knowing their fortunes, decided to split my state for votes
• Democracy has been murdered
• If everyone keeps quiet, Andhra Pradesh won't be the only state...there'll be more
• Blatant abuse of Article 3
• Assembly rejected bifurcation
• Unwilling state forced to be broken by an autocratic central government
• You're breaking a state without even giving them water
• Willing to support anybody... why should Modi be an exemption?
• Anybody who is willing to keep my state united
• Willing to support Narendra Modi
• I want social media to stand up against this injustice
• All of Andhra Pradesh's problems have been created for the sake of making Rahul Gandhi PM
• Man-made havoc in Andhra Pradesh. Created to just make one man the PM
• INC now stands for Italian National Congress
• British didn't do what Sonia Gandhi did to my state
• We are talking about the kind of brutality she is exhibiting
• Kiran Reddy's protests against Telangana would have had credibility if he had resigned last year
• Vote on account is a formality, what's happening in Andhra Pradesh is a murder of democracy
• Why is vote on account so important, future of Andhra Pradesh much more important