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Just hours before grand celebrations to mark his first anniversary in office, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu finds himself in a political quagmire after the emergence of recordings that embroil the Telugu Desam Party in a cash-for-vote case in which saw a TDP legislator being arrested on Sunday.
The leakage of audio tapes consisting of a purported conversation between Naidu and nominated Anglo-Indian MLA inTelangana Assembly Elvis Stephenson came as a bombshell to the TDP and added a new twist to the cash-for-vote controversy in which a TDP MLA in Telangana A Revanth Reddy was arrested and is being questioned by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
This is the first time in the history of independent India that the audio tapes of an alleged conversation of a Chief Minister over a “shady deal” surfaced.
Even if the charge by the TDP that the TRS Government had tried to pull a fast one on Chandrababu Naidu were to be believed, it surely asphyxiated the power corridors in the neighbouring State.
The timing of the leak of the audio tape in T-News channel, backed by the family of the Telangana Chief Minister KCR, irked not only the Chief Minister, but the entire administration. Especially, at a time when Naidu would be addressing a massive rally at the same venue where his government was sworn-in to administer a “oath of affirmation” (maha sankalpa deeksha).
Meanwhile, Chandrababu Naidu, who also proposed to go to Delhi on Tuesday, went into a huddle late on Sunday with senior police officials and some confidantes and discussed the matter threadbare on what stand to take.
Media Advisor to AP Government Parakala Prabhakar, who is also the husband of Union Minister Nirmala Seetharaman, emerged out of the meeting late in the night and strongly condemned the way the TRS Government was trying to portray the AP Chief Minister in a shabby manner, maligning him.
Prabhakar rubbished the content of the audio tapes. He claimed that the voice in the audio tapes was not that of Chandrababu Naidu. He also said that the tapes were leaked out by T New Channel and sought to know their source. He asserted that “we will not be kowtowed” by such “cheap tricks”.
KCR’s son and IT Minister of Telangana Government K T Rama Rao tweeted: “No matter how hard CBN (meaning Chandrababu Naidu) & his cronies try, (the) issue at hand is corrupt practice of TDP & its president. Issue is NOT between Telangana & AP.”
Referring to another audio-tape, involving KTR’s role that was aired by ABN Andhra Jyothy channel, which is very close to Chandrababu Naidu, KTR tweeted: “If CBN has the guts, I dare him to accept my challenge: I am willing to take a lie-detector test live on TV. Are you ready for one?”
Cash-for-vote case: Leaked tape recordings hit Chandrababu Naidu where it hurts the most - Firstpost
The leakage of audio tapes consisting of a purported conversation between Naidu and nominated Anglo-Indian MLA inTelangana Assembly Elvis Stephenson came as a bombshell to the TDP and added a new twist to the cash-for-vote controversy in which a TDP MLA in Telangana A Revanth Reddy was arrested and is being questioned by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
This is the first time in the history of independent India that the audio tapes of an alleged conversation of a Chief Minister over a “shady deal” surfaced.
Even if the charge by the TDP that the TRS Government had tried to pull a fast one on Chandrababu Naidu were to be believed, it surely asphyxiated the power corridors in the neighbouring State.
The timing of the leak of the audio tape in T-News channel, backed by the family of the Telangana Chief Minister KCR, irked not only the Chief Minister, but the entire administration. Especially, at a time when Naidu would be addressing a massive rally at the same venue where his government was sworn-in to administer a “oath of affirmation” (maha sankalpa deeksha).
Meanwhile, Chandrababu Naidu, who also proposed to go to Delhi on Tuesday, went into a huddle late on Sunday with senior police officials and some confidantes and discussed the matter threadbare on what stand to take.
Media Advisor to AP Government Parakala Prabhakar, who is also the husband of Union Minister Nirmala Seetharaman, emerged out of the meeting late in the night and strongly condemned the way the TRS Government was trying to portray the AP Chief Minister in a shabby manner, maligning him.
Prabhakar rubbished the content of the audio tapes. He claimed that the voice in the audio tapes was not that of Chandrababu Naidu. He also said that the tapes were leaked out by T New Channel and sought to know their source. He asserted that “we will not be kowtowed” by such “cheap tricks”.
KCR’s son and IT Minister of Telangana Government K T Rama Rao tweeted: “No matter how hard CBN (meaning Chandrababu Naidu) & his cronies try, (the) issue at hand is corrupt practice of TDP & its president. Issue is NOT between Telangana & AP.”
Referring to another audio-tape, involving KTR’s role that was aired by ABN Andhra Jyothy channel, which is very close to Chandrababu Naidu, KTR tweeted: “If CBN has the guts, I dare him to accept my challenge: I am willing to take a lie-detector test live on TV. Are you ready for one?”
Cash-for-vote case: Leaked tape recordings hit Chandrababu Naidu where it hurts the most - Firstpost
