After facing questions from the Andhra Pradesh CID about the Amaravati Inner Ring Road Scam, TDP leader Nara Lokesh headed to the national capital.There, he met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday evening.
Using a social media platform, Lokesh shared that he briefed Shah about the “unfair use” of the state’s resources and the alleged vendetta against his father, TDP leader Nara Chandrababu Naidu, by the ruling YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh.
He wrote, “Met with the Hon’ble Union Home Minister @AmitShah Ji and informed him about the unfair use of state resources by the YSRCP Govt in Andhra Pradesh, the targeted actions against Hon’ble @ncbn garu, and the concerning situation in which he’s being held in prison where his safety is at risk.”
Currently, Naidu is in judicial custody at the Rajamahendravaram central prison on charges related to alleged misappropriation of funds from the Skill Development Corporation, which is said to have resulted in a purported loss of over Rs 300 crore to the state’s finances.
Lokesh was questioned for two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, in the Amaravati Inner Ring Road Scam case at the CID’s Economic Offences Wing-II (EOW II) office.
The Amaravati Inner Ring Road case pertains to “manipulating” the master plan of Amaravati capital city, alignment of the inner ring road and the seed capital to allegedly offer undue enrichment to several companies during Naidu’s regime between 2014 and 2019.
According to TDP sources, after the questioning, Lokesh rushed to Delhi to meet Shah.
Lokesh earlier claimed that he did not seek the appointment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Shah during his three-week stay in Delhi in the immediate aftermath of his father’s arrest.
He earlier met President Droupadi Murmu and presented a memorandum on his father’s arrest, claiming it to be “illegal”.
Lokesh met Shah accompanied by the BJP chiefs of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, D Purandeswari and Kishan Reddy respectively.
“Lokesh elaborately explained to Amit Shah ji about the vindictiveness of the state government and leaders at the helm of affairs.Now those who blame the Centre need to reply as to why Amit Shah ji would give an appointment to Lokesh if the BJP was behind the arrest!” Purandeswari said on X.
In the wake of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy asserting that he had nothing to do with Naidu’s arrest, Lokesh on Wednesday met Shah and expressed concern about the threat to his father’s life in the jail.
Recently, Reddy stated that he had no vengeance against Naidu and that nobody arrested the TDP chief out of vengeance.
