Hyderabad: Famous person Rajinikanth has come within the crosshairs of the ruling YSR Congress Occasion (YSRCP) in poll-bound Andhra Pradesh for praising Chandrababu Naidu of the Telugu Desam Occasion (TDP).
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, his Cupboard ministers and YSRCP leaders lashed out at Rajinikanth, saying he could be a ‘hero’ in Tamil Nadu, however a ‘zero’ in Andhra Pradesh.
Naidu, on his half, has defended the veteran actor and sought an apology from the YSRCP leaders for the organised assault by “Jagan’s crooked gang”.
The slugfest started after Rajinikanth attended legendary actor-turned politician and TDP founder N.T. Rama Rao’s delivery centenary celebrations final week in Vijayawada.
Calling Naidu a buddy for over three many years in addition to a visionary, Rajinikanth stated that Andhra Pradesh will attain nice heights if Naidu’s growth imaginative and prescient of 2047 is carried out.
He additionally pitched Naidu as the subsequent CM of Andhra Pradesh, including that the almighty should give him the ability to implement his insurance policies in coming years.
Andhra Pradesh will go to election subsequent yr.
Quickly after Rajinikanth’s feedback, the YSRCP leaders jumped into motion calling out how unaware he’s of the state of affairs on floor.
“A star had come right here. He’s a star in a neighbouring state however he’s a zero right here. And that zero is preaching…that Naidu’s governance is nice. Among the many horrible individuals who supported Naidu when he backstabbed NTR to topple his authorities (within the 90s), Rajinikanth is certainly one of them. And such an individual is speaking extremely of Naidu,” Andhra Pradesh minister Kodali Venkateswara Rao, popularly known as Kodali Nani, stated Sunday.
The individuals of Andhra Pradesh is not going to take Rajinikanth’s phrases significantly, he added.
For years, detractors of Naidu have assailed him for betraying his father-in-law NTR and toppling his authorities to take management of the TDP in 1995. Of late, Naidu has argued that the transfer was needed.
Naidu, in the meantime, referred to as Rajinikanth “an epitome of honesty, integrity, and humility”. Folks will educate them a befitting lesson, he tweeted Monday with the hashtag ‘telugupeoplewithRajinikanth’.
Strongly condemn the demeaning & derogatory feedback made by YSRCP leaders in opposition to the legendary celebrity @rajinikanth, who’s an epitome of honesty, integrity, and humility. Rajinikanth has a coronary heart of gold and is way beloved by all in India and throughout the globe. The organised… pic.twitter.com/xnxLIuhltF
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) May 1, 2023
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‘NTR stated he was backstabbed’
In the meantime, Nani was scathing in his assault on each Naidu and Rajinikanth.
“NTR (up to now) spoke about how he was backstabbed by his son-in-law. Rajinikanth spoke about how nice NTR was as an actor, a politician — then why did he help Naidu when NTR was alive (on the time when he was toppled). All these idiots who ousted NTR from the CM’s submit, who killed him are celebrating his delivery anniversary,” the YSRCP chief stated stated.
Andhra’s tourism minister and former actor Roja Selvamani objected to Rajinikanth praising Naidu for growing Hyderabad. “Does Rajinikanth not know that Naidu was the chief minister of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh solely until 2013? After that, Hyderabad grew with out Naidu over the past decade,” she stated Sunday.
One other minister Seediri Appalaraju had additionally pointed out how Rajinikanth supported Naidu and visited an opulent lodge in Hyderabad when the latter was planning a coup in opposition to NTR to take over occasion reins within the 90s.
Leaping into the scene Tuesday was filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, a critic of Naidu, who supported YSRCP leaders saying that they had simply made ‘feedback’.
They simply made feedback , however how concerning the time you TORTURED and KILLED the legendary NTR ? https://t.co/VvowmfW818
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) May 2, 2023
Disagreements over energy sharing, particularly after NTR’s second marriage with Lakshmi Parvathi in 1993, and her rising prominence within the occasion, drew opposition from a bit of TDP members, together with Naidu. Rajinikanth had come to an opulent Hyderabad lodge within the nineties, whereas Naidu gathered disgruntled MLAs earlier than a coup.
(Edited by Tony Rai)
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