YSR Congress leaders looted state exchequer: Naidu

Hyderabad, May 02: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday accused the leaders of YSR Congress, floated by former MP Jagan Mohan Reddy, of looting the state exchequer in the guise of development.

Naidu, who was campaigning for Kadapa bypoll, flayed a string of Jagan loyalists including former Mayor of Kadapa municipal corporation and Jagan’s maternal uncle Ravindranath Reddy and former Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD) chairman B Karunakara Reddy. He alleged that Ravindranath Reddy minted money during his stint as Kadapa mayor.

Naidu alleged that the B Karunakar Reddy amassed wealth by selling ‘darshan and seva’ tickets in his tenure as TTD chief. TDP candidate for Kadapa Lok Sabha seat M V Mysoora Reddy locked horns with YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for the May 8 bypoll.

——–Agencies