BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind today distanced himself from his father and veteran politician D Srinivas, and said that he had nothing to say about the political decisions of his father.
He made these remarks while speaking to media persons in the wake of the news reports that DS had decided to join the Congress.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that it was his father's decision to join any political party.
He claimed that his father was known as a staunch Congress leader, and had felt very bad for leaving the Congress. He said that Congress workers of both the Telugu-speaking states would feel happy if his father joined the grand old party.
He however said that he would feel happier if his father joined the BJP.
He also made it clear that he did not join the saffron party with the permission of his father, and that he took decisions on his own about his political career.
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