The TDP circles are claiming that former minister and educationist P Narayana is a lucky man. They say he is lucky because though arrested, he did not spend even a single night in jail and did not eat even a single morsel of jail food. He could secure bail even before the cops put him behind the bars. The other TDP leaders were not so lucky.
After YS Jagan came to power, several TDP leaders were arrested on various charges. Though many of them managed to secure bail, it was only after they spent days in prison. For instance, former minister Atchen Naidu was arrested in connection with the ESI scam. He had to spend to days in prison, before being shifted to the hospital with the complaint of piles. He could walk free only after he secured bail after a couple of weeks.
Former minister Kollu Ravindra was arrested in connection with a murder case. He spent several days in jail before securing a bail. Leaders like Devineni Umamaheshwara Rao and Chintamaneni Prabhakar too were jailed in the same way. They could walk out only after they managed to secure a bail. TDP spokesperson Pattabhi was arrested in connection with his wile comments against YS Jagan. As soon as he secured a bail, he literally scooted away to a foreign location.
But, Narayana escaped jailing thanks to his move to resign from the post of the chairman of the Narayana group after he became a minister in 2014. This came handy and his lawyer argued that arresting Narayana was wrong as he is no longer the chairperson of the organization.
Sources say the next in line for arrest could be TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu himself. Chandrababu Naidu has been made the A 1 in the Amaravati land scam case. In fact, Narayana is A 2 in this case.It remains to be seen whether Chandrababu would be lucky enough like Narayana or not.
After YS Jagan came to power, several TDP leaders were arrested on various charges. Though many of them managed to secure bail, it was only after they spent days in prison. For instance, former minister Atchen Naidu was arrested in connection with the ESI scam. He had to spend to days in prison, before being shifted to the hospital with the complaint of piles. He could walk free only after he secured bail after a couple of weeks.
Former minister Kollu Ravindra was arrested in connection with a murder case. He spent several days in jail before securing a bail. Leaders like Devineni Umamaheshwara Rao and Chintamaneni Prabhakar too were jailed in the same way. They could walk out only after they managed to secure a bail. TDP spokesperson Pattabhi was arrested in connection with his wile comments against YS Jagan. As soon as he secured a bail, he literally scooted away to a foreign location.
But, Narayana escaped jailing thanks to his move to resign from the post of the chairman of the Narayana group after he became a minister in 2014. This came handy and his lawyer argued that arresting Narayana was wrong as he is no longer the chairperson of the organization.
Sources say the next in line for arrest could be TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu himself. Chandrababu Naidu has been made the A 1 in the Amaravati land scam case. In fact, Narayana is A 2 in this case.It remains to be seen whether Chandrababu would be lucky enough like Narayana or not.