The arrest of Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chadrababu Naidu in the alleged Skill Development Corporation scam involving ₹371 crore just months before crucial elections has triggered political turmoil in the State.
State leaders of the BJP, the Jana Sena Party and the Left parties have strongly condemned the arrest calling it a political vendetta and undemocratic. But mum’s the word for Congress leaders who have been maintaining a strategic silence on the arrest of the leader of the Opposition in the State.
Sources in the party said the leaders are discouraged from making any comment on the developments in the State. The party leaders and cadres are reminded of the fact that despite an appeal made by seniors in the party, Mr. Naidu had not spoken a word against the disqualification of the All India Congress Committee leader Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha, a day after a Surat court convicted him in a defamation case.
