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TDP sees plot, hits back at TRS
TDP sees plot, hits back at TRS. The row over last week’s infamous ‘cash-for-vote’ episode seems to be taking uglier turns with leaders of both the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) being busy engaged in mudslinging and smear campaign.
CASH-FOR-VOTE scam
Hyderabad: The row over last week’s infamous ‘cash-for-vote’ episode seems to be taking uglier turns with leaders of both the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) being busy engaged in mudslinging and smear campaign. The TDP on Thursday reacted strongly to Telangana Home Minister Naini Narasimha Reddy’s claim that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is involved in the cash-for-vote scandal.
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A day after Narasimha Reddy claimed that there was evidence that Naidu spoke to a nominated MLA of Telangana, TDP leaders hit back at the TRS government, demanding a probe into the ‘buying over’ of 22 MLAs of Opposition parties. Senior TDP leader and Andhra Pradesh's Finance Minister Y Ramakrishnudu said the Revanth Reddy episode was a conspiracy of TRS and YSR Congress Party.
TDP MLA A Revanth Reddy was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Hyderabad on Sunday when he was offering Rs 50 lakh to a nominated member of the Assembly as part of a Rs 5-crore deal to make him vote for the TDP-BJP candidate in elections to the Telangana Legislative Council.
The TRS leaders alleged that Naidu was the mastermind behind the scandal and demanded that he be included as the main accused in the case. Ramakrishnudu wondered how a case could be filed against Revanth Reddy when the Supreme Court had already ruled that a sting operation was not a legal method. He said the video tape recorded by a third party should have been sent for analysis before registering a case.
Another TDP leader, S Chandramohan Reddy, said the TDP would not be cowed down by TRS threats. He said the phone tapping of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, his son Taraka Rama Rao, daughter Kavitha and nephew Harish Rao would expose how they bought over TDP legislators.
TDP leader in Telangana, R Chandrasekhar Reddy, said a thorough probe should be ordered into how TRS engineered defections in Opposition parties in the State. He said there should be an investigation to find out how TRS increased its strength in the Assembly from 63 to 85.
Meanwhile, Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari said Naidu's silence on the Revanth episode amounted to his confession. Srihari, who was once a key leader of the TDP and close to Naidu, alleged that Revanth Reddy offered money to the nominated MLA on Naidu's direction.
