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Nagam hits out at Naidu

Staff Reporter

Blames him for rift among TDP Telangana leaders

HYDERABAD: Suspended Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA, Nagam Janardhan Reddy, has blamed party president N. Chandrababu Naidu for differences between the party leaders from Telangana region.

Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, he said Mr. Naidu owed an explanation on this and alleged that the latter was also not permitted to hold public meetings proposed by him as the convenor of the TDP Telangana Forum.

The party would not get closer to Telangana people by spending money for its Telangana Ranabheri meetings and taking the help of the government, particularly deploying heavy police, he said.

Futile expenditure

Instead of spending money on such meetings, Mr. Naidu could as well send a letter to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram reiterating the TDP's support for Telangana. It would be worth thousand Ranabheris, Dr. Reddy felt. He also criticised the TDP for attacking Telangana activists in the name of trouble-makers.

White paper

Meanwhile, at a separate press conference, Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, Dadi Veerabhadra Rao, demanded a white paper on Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy's six-month rule.

Immediately after taking over as the Chief Minister, Mr. Reddy had stated that performance of his government would silence the Opposition, but instead new Pradesh Congress Committee president Botcha Satyanarayana was in a position to silence the Chief Minister, he said.

Another party leader M. Linga Reddy alleged that the State government was misusing Rs. 1,000 crore given by the Centre for Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna for conducting Rythu Sadassus.

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