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Anti- And Pro-Naidu Journos In War Of Words!

Anti- And Pro-Naidu Journos In War Of Words!

A bitter of war of words has been going on between veteran journalist A B K Prasad and emerging media baron Vemuri Radhakrishna, chairman of Andhra Jyothy, over their political loyalties.

It is a known fact that ABK has adopted anti-Chandrababu Naidu stand for quite some and has been facing a series of petitions against Naidu in various courts, for reasons known only to him.

His latest petition in the Supreme Court challenging the construction of new capital of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati was rejected and Naidu accused him of being the henchman of YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who is stalling the development of Amaravati as the capital. ABK retorted saying Naidu had the capacity of managing courts and getting judgements in his favour.

Naturally, ABK stand has evoked sharp reaction from Radhakrishna, who is a known Naidu loyalist. Apparently, he has commented that ABK was in the payrolls of Jagan. This angered ABK. He alleged that a person who rose from a stature of travelling by bicycle two decades ago and now had grown into an owner of media house with Naidu support, had no moral right to talk about him.

“I have no assets and I am staying in an old age ashram,” he said.

However, media circles are aware that ABK, though a respectable journalist, was very close to late chief minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy. He had encroached upon 500 square yards of government land behind his plot in Journalists’ Colony in Jubilee Hills and got it regularised during the YSR regime at a nominal cost of Rs 5 per square yard. Naturally, he is loyal to YSR family!

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