TDP Leaders Want Lokesh In Andhra Pradesh Cabinet

Telugu Desam MLC Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy has plumped for the induction of Nara Lokesh Naidu, son of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, into the AP Cabinet.

It may be mentioned here that speculations were rife in the TDP circles that Chandrababu Naidu was keen to see that his son Lokesh Naidu inducted as a minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet at the Centre. For this he needed Lokesh to enter the Rajya Sabha and wanted to field him in the upcoming biennial elections in place of the present member Y S Choudhary, who is now a Union minister.

However Chandrababu Naidu seemed to have had second thoughts about dislodging his confidant Choudhary for the sake of his son as this might send wrong signals besides antagonizing some powerful sections. Hence he dropped the idea of sending Lokesh to the Rajya Sabha.

Interacting with the media at Nellore, Somireddy pointed out that ever since Lokesh started taking a keen interest in the Party affairs, there was a newfound zeal and enthusiasm for the Party among the people, especially the youth. The State needed the services of Lokesh in a bigger way, and for this it was imperative to induct him in the cabinet, Somireddy said.

The TDP MLC also lashed out at YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy for launching a tirade against Naidu with regard to the Polavaram and Pattiseema irrigation projects. The Chief Minister was received accolades for these projects all over the country, and even the Telangana CM KCR had appreciated it, but Jaganmohan Reddy was steadfastly speaking ill about it and trying to create hurdles in the completion of irrigation projects, he alleged.

Meanwhile, speaking to the media at Kurnool, AP Deputy Chief Minister K E Krishnamoorthy claimed that four more YSRCP legislators were ready to join the TDP at any time.