Till the other day, former MLC Jupudi Prabhakar Rao had been in the Telugu Desam Party enjoying various positions like SC Corporation chairman and also official spokesman.
He used to praise Chandrababu Naidu and make wild allegations against YSR Congress party and its president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
As an official spokesman of the TDP, Jupudi used to take part in television debates and attack Jagan with strongest words.
But soon after the recent elections when the TDP faced a humiliating defeat in the hands of the YSRC, Jupudi had taken a U-turn and within three months, he was back into the YSRC, shamelessly claiming that he was impressed with Jagan’s governance.
Even as the people are yet to digest the news that he jumped into the YSRC, Jupudi has started attacking the TDP and Chandrababu Naidu.
On Wednesday, he made a scathing attack on Naidu for trying to create a religious divide in the state by floating a false story through a pamphlet purported to have been written by Jerusalem Mathaiah who thanked Jagan for transferring chief secretary L V Subrahmanyam.
“The theory bringing in religious background as the reason for the Chief Secretary’s transfer is not true. This has been scripted by Chandrababu Naidu to whip up religious passions,” Jupudi said.
He reminded that Mathaiah was an accused in the cash for vote case that involved Chandrababu Naidu.
The way, the pamphlet of Jerusalem Mathaih was used by Chandrababu Naidu is deplorable and the TDP leader is trying to give a new colour to the routine administrative matter in the transfer of Chief Secretary LV Subrahmanyam, Jupudi said.
“Jagan is working for the all-round development of the state irrespective of caste, creed or religion who got a thumping mandate by the people. He belongs to everybody who is truly secular and visits a church, a temple or a mosque,” he said.