Telugu Desam Party (TDP) General Secretary Nara Lokesh said that party supremo and former Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu was arrested and sent to custody in alleged the Skill Development Corporation scam, though the relevant file neither has his name or signature.
Lokesh told media persons that his father Chandrababu Naidu was only a policy-maker and was not responsible for the follow-up action.
The TDP leader said that Premachandra Reddy, in his capacity as the Managing Director of the Skill Development Corporation, ordered the release of funds.
Lokesh pointed out that Chandrababu Naidu’s name did not figure in the FIR registered in 2021.
He believes that the case was filed against the former Chief Minister as people are revolting against the ruling dispensation and Jagan government fears it is going to lose power.
Earlier in the day, Lokesh along with his father-in-law, TDP MLA and actor Nandamuri Balakrishna and Jana Sena Party (JSP) leader and actor Pawan Kalyan called on Naidu in Rajahmundry Central Jail.He called Naidu a caged lion.
Lokesh said Naidu was lodged in the jail built by him.He ruled out his mother Nara Bhuvaneswari joining politics.Lokesh said that a joint action plan will soon be announced by the TDP and JSP after forming a joint committee.
