Did senior Telugu Desam Party leader and Chirala MLA Karanam Balaram lie about his children while affidavit before the Election Commission during the recent assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh?
The answer is yes, according to former TDP MLA and now, YSRC leader Amanchi Krishna Mohan.
He alleged that Balaram had four children but in the election affidavit, he had mentioned that he had only three children.
“He had hidden the information about his foster daughter Ambika Krishna, who was born to another woman K Prasuna. I filed a petition against Balaram in the high court,” Krishna Mohan said.
Ambika had recently joined the YSR Congress party. According to Krishna Mohan, Balaram had brought up Ambika like any other daughter and had even celebrated her birthday till she was eight years old.
“The birth certificate of Ambika in St Theresa hospital also mentions Balaram as her father. In all her other certificates including school and college certificates, it was clearly mentioned that Ambika is his daughter,” the YSRC leader said.
He challenged Balaram to say openly that Ambika was not his daughter.
“She is ready to face any test to prove that she is Balaram’s daughter – whether it is forensic test or DNA test. She only wants him to openly admit that she is his daughter,” Krishna Mohan said.
The YSRC leader also alleged that even TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu was aware of the fact that Ambika was Balaram’s daughter.
“In the past, Naidu released the book written by Ambika, as the daughter of Balaram,” he pointed out.
Stating that Balaram had no guts to admit her as his daughter openly, Krishna Mohan demanded that Naidu should immediately suspend the former from the TDP for providing wrong information in the election affidavit.
