Indicating a shift in the political alignments in 25 days since the arrest of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in an alleged corruption case, Telugu Desam Party leader and Mr. Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh, who was despairing over the party’s isolation, with silence from the BJP and the Congress, on October 2 asserted that there was no evidence of the BJP supporting the YSR Congress government led by Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Speaking to The Hindu during his day-long hunger strike in Delhi, Mr. Lokesh said the TDP’s protest would end only with the defeat of the YSR Congress government. “It has been 25 days since Mr. Naidu’s arrest. The government has not been able to prove any of their allegations. They have not been able to show any documentary evidence to reveal the money trail. No wrong was done, so there is nothing to prove. Sheer frustration and fear of defeat are what drove Mr. Reddy to frame Mr. Naidu under false charges,” Mr. Lokesh claimed.
