The Telugu Desam establishment is completely rattled. It is at loss to explain how a highly secretive meeting of the AP State Election Commissioner and two TDP-loving BJP leaders was busted. The YSRCP has got the footage of the meeting which clearly showed the troika entering into the hotel room on the 8th floor of Park Hyatt.
The TDP now stands fully exposed and is forced to do lot of explaining. Though it can always claim that both Sujana Chowdary and Kamineni Srinivas do not belong to the TDP and that it's an internal affair of the BJP, it would not really cut much ice. It is public knowledge that these two leaders are in the BJP only at the behest of Chandrababu and that they are doing his bidding. To make matters worse, the BJP washed its hands off the meeting saying this was not authorised by the party. Many feel that this too will come back to haunt the TDP just as the Cash for Vote scam involving TDP supremo and Revanth Reddy.
To add to the woes, there are reports that even Chandrababu was part of the meeting through FaceTime app. It is now clear that a 'gang of Four' is at work. The party will now have to do lot of explaining. But, there is a bigger issue for the TDP - that Hyderabad is not safe for it. Amid reports that Chandrababu has been operating from the same hotel ever since the lockdown, the TDP is now worried that even the details of these meetings too are with the TRS government in Telangana and the YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh.
The TDP now stands fully exposed and is forced to do lot of explaining. Though it can always claim that both Sujana Chowdary and Kamineni Srinivas do not belong to the TDP and that it's an internal affair of the BJP, it would not really cut much ice. It is public knowledge that these two leaders are in the BJP only at the behest of Chandrababu and that they are doing his bidding. To make matters worse, the BJP washed its hands off the meeting saying this was not authorised by the party. Many feel that this too will come back to haunt the TDP just as the Cash for Vote scam involving TDP supremo and Revanth Reddy.
To add to the woes, there are reports that even Chandrababu was part of the meeting through FaceTime app. It is now clear that a 'gang of Four' is at work. The party will now have to do lot of explaining. But, there is a bigger issue for the TDP - that Hyderabad is not safe for it. Amid reports that Chandrababu has been operating from the same hotel ever since the lockdown, the TDP is now worried that even the details of these meetings too are with the TRS government in Telangana and the YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh.