Anantapur MP and senior leader J C Diwakar Reddy is known for his straightforward talk and that sometimes lands him and his party, presently Telugu Desam Party, in trouble.
On Thursday, Diwakar Reddy dropped the bombshell saying he was also a victim of Operation Akarsh launched by TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu.
“I was also lured into the TDP by the party boss, who has been attracting the MLAs and leaders from other parties. In this case, Naidu is no different from his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao, who has been luring the Opposition MLAs into the Telangana Rashtra Samithi,” he said.
He went on to say that KCR was better than Naidu in treating the defectors from other parties.
“KCR has offered money, if not posts and positions to all the defectors. Otherwise, he will take care of their interests by getting their works done. In the TDP, this is not the case. Those who joined the TDP from other parties have got neither money nor posts,” he lamented.
However, Diwakar Reddy said the YSR Congress party MLAs were joining the TDP on their own, as they were vexed with their leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy. “The defections will continue to happen,” he said.
