INTERVIEW | Cases against TDP leaders nothing but political vendetta: Nara Lokesh on arrest of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu
The HinduThe TDP general secretary says all parties are in solidarity against the arrest of party chief and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. The judicial custody of Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Telugu Desam Party president and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, has been extended till October 5 by the Anti-Corruption Bureau court in Vijayawada. On September 22, the Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed Chandrababu Naidu’s petition to quash the FIR registered by the CID, following which he moved the Supreme Court. In an interview with Frontline, Nara Lokesh, general secretary of the TDP who is named as an accused in the IRR case, spoke about revenge politics, the threat of more arrests, and the newly formed alliance with Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party.