TDP MLC and former minister N. Lokesh Babu said that the YCP leaders were focusing more on criticising Opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu than on the burning issues and people’s problems. The YCP leaders are even having Chandrababu Naidu in their dreams but not their leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, he said.
The attacks on Dalits and religious places of worship have increased but the Chief Minister and the ministers seem to be least bothered about those issues, Lokesh criticised.
On the gutting of the ancient wooden chariot of Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Antarvedi, Lokesh said that repeated incidents cannot be considered as accidental. “One such incident occurred at the Prasanna Venkateswara Swamy temple in Nellore. Now, we have a similar incident occurring in Antarvedi. Can repeated incidents be considered as accidental,” he questioned.
He termed endowments minister Vellampalli Srinivas as “chetakani mantri” and faulted him for charging the TDP with inciting people over the Antarvedi incident. “If the minister has the guts and commitment, he should take action and ensure that such incidents do not recur. Instead, he is targeting us and saying that we are politicising the issue. When idols are getting burnt in temples, is the minister watching TV at his house,” the TDP leader asked.
