Former MLA T Jayaprakash Reddy alias Jagga Reddy denied the allegations of having paid money to get BJP ticket for the Medak Lok Sabha by-elections.
Addressing a press conference, Jagga Reddy slammed Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao for accusing him of buying the BJP ticket.
"I would have bought the TRS ticket if I had the money," he said and alleged that it was Kotha Prabhakar Reddy who paid a huge amount to get the TRS ticket to contest for Medak Lok Sabha seat in by-elections.
Jagga Reddy also ridiculed the TRS argument that he was a supporter of united Andhra Pradesh.
He said if TRS leadership was so particular about people who opposed Telangana, then why it was making friendship with the MIM which openly opposed the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. He claimed that he began his political career from the BJP, the first party which gave the slogan of One Vote, Two States.
He said he was elected as the Councillor and also served as the Chairman of Municipal Council as a BJP candidate.
He said it was unethical on the part of TRS to brand him as a support of Samaikhyandhra while begging for alliance with the MIM.
The BJP leader asked Harish Rao to restrain from leveling baseless allegations. Else, he threatened to expose the TRS leaders during electioneering for Medak by-elections.
