Finance Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy on Sunday refuted the allegations that the Congress party was misusing official machinery in the by-elections.
Talking to reporters here, Ramanarayana Reddy said that TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy were leveling against the Congress leaders only to divert people’s attention. He ridiculed Jagan’s allegations that Congress leaders were corrupt. He said Jagan Mohan Reddy has constructed a 70-bed room palatial bungalow at Bengaluru. He alleged that the corruption money that was used for the construction of that bungalow.
Ramnarayana Reddy also accused YSR Congress party candidate from Kovvur seat N Prasanna Kumar Reddy of forcing by-elections. He said Prasanna Kumar did not remain loyal to any party. He was elected on a TDP ticket; joined Congress party and then switched loyalties to YSR Congress.
He also accused former MP and YSR Congress party leader M Rajamohan Reddy of introducing bomb culture in Nellore district. He predicted that Congress candidate from Kovvur constituency P Srinivas Reddy would win the by-elections. (INN)