Known for his no-holds-barred attack on Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, firebrand YSR Congress party leader and state civil supplies minister Kodali Venkateshwar Rao alias Nani on Thursday found fault with the family of TDP founder and former chief minister N T Rama Rao for backing Naidu.
“The Nandamuri family members are very innocent. They are like sheep which believes its own butcher. Similarly, they are blindly believing whatever Chandrababu Naidu has been saying. Even when he said the TDP would be damaged if NTR continued as the chief minister, they believed him,” Kodali said.
He said he had high respect for the Nandamuri family and even chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy had high regards for NTR and his family members.
“That does not mean we take their comments seriously,” he said.
Kodali clarified that neither he nor any YSRC member had made any comments against Naidu’s wife Nara Bhuvaneshwari.
“It is Naidu who has dragged his wife’s name into the issue for political gains. He has been creating nuisance in the name of humiliation to his wife, only to gain sympathy from NTR’s family,” he said.
Referring to TDP leader Varla Ramaiah’s criticism against Jr NTR for not controlling his friends Kodali and Vallabhaneni Vamsi, the minister said he had no connection with Jr NTR at all.
“It is true that he was once our friend. We have parted ways after we took the side of Jagan Mohan Reddy. Who is he control us?” he asked.
On Naidu’s comments that Jagan who was doing aerial survey of flood-affected areas would disappear in air, Kodali said Naidu should worry about his own fate.
“Those who tried to play havoc with Jagan’s life have bitten the dust – right from Sonia Gandhi to Yerran Naidu to Shankar Rao. The man who booked a case against Jagan is now spending his time in attending television debates,” Kodali observed.
