“It is not good. Political parties should not own newspapers or channels,” said Chandrababu Naidu.
He further took a dig at Jagan saying, “He has a newspaper and channel. But could they help him in winning the elections?”
These statements by Naidu will definitely go down as the joke of the millennium.
Is it not a fact that but for the support of ‘Eenadu’ and ‘Andhra Jyothi’, TDP would never have come to power?
In fact the unstinted support of Ramoji Rao to the TDP owing to casteist as well as business reasons have been highlighted well in the movie Mandaladeesudu made by super star Krishna and also by Daggubati Venkateswara Rao in his book, Oka Charitra Konni Nijalu.
It is revealed in the book that Ramoji Rao was seriously contemplating starting a ‘regional political party’ when NTR Senior happened on the scene.
A deal was patched in Ramoji Rao’s house whereby ‘Eenadu’ would give complete support to the TDP in return for unspecified benefits.
In fact many consider Eenadu or Ramoji Rao to be the proxy leader of the TDP. Ramoji Rao’s character in the movie, Mandaladeesudu is called Bhanoji Rao. So much for Mr Naidu and his ‘Neeti Sutras’.
