Daggubati Purandeshwari, state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, has criticised the nominations. She responded strongly and said, "AP CM has proven once again that TTD Board is but a political Rehabilitation centre. The CM of AP's lack of faith in the sacredness of the Board and the Temple is highlighted by his nomination of individuals like Sarat Chandra Reddy and
P. Sarath Chandra Reddy, director of Aurobindo Pharma, and Vinay Babu arrested by the Enforcement Directorate are the latest addition to the list of Telugu businessmen figured in Delhi excise policy scam.
The Telugu Desam Party spokesman Moka Ananda Sagar on Saturday accused YSR Congress Party Rajya Sabha member Vijayasai Reddy of having a close connection with the Delhi liquor scam.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy will appear before a special court Monday (File)
Hyderabad:
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy has been directed to appear before a special Enforcement Directorate court in Hyderabad on Monday, in connection with alleged irregularities in land allotment to pharma firms when his father, late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, was Chief Minister.
Vijay Sai Reddy, a Rajya Sabha MP from the ruling YSR Congress, and the heads of the pharma firms - Srinivasa Reddy (Director of Hetero Drugs), Nithyananda Reddy (the Managing Director of Aurobindo) and Sarath Chandra Reddy (Director of Trident Life Sciences) - have also been summoned, as have former bureaucrats BP Acharya and PV Ramprasad Reddy.