Though YSR Congress party sought to downplay the issue of alleged obscene video call made by party MP from Hindupur Gorantla Madhav saying action would be taken only after a thorough investigation, the Telugu Desam Party doesn’t want to let him go scot free, but wants to escalate the issue further.
On Tuesday, the TDP lodged a complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, seeking stringent action against Madhav for his alleged obscene act.
The TDP MPs Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu and Kanakamedala Ravinda Kumar, told media persons in New Delhi that the YSRCP was only trying to divert the issue of its party MP and the party has become a master in diversion politics.
“The YSRCP is always interested only in bailing out the party leaders, including Gorantla Madhav, from the criminal cases and thus, they filed a complaint against the YSRCP MP with the Lok Sabha Speaker. We are confident that the Lok sabha Speaker will act on our letter," they said.
Rammohan Naidu said the ruling party was not taking any initiative in the interest of the State and is not making any effort to wage a fight either for special category status or for Kadapa steel plant.
Since the safety of women in Andhra Pradesh is under a threat, particularly Madhav's issue has proved it beyond doubt, the YSRCP should initiate immediate measures for women protection, he stated.
Rammohan Naidu is of the firm belief that the YSRCP is making every effort to save Madhav from this mess as the party is of strong opinion that if action is initiated against the MP, then not a single leader will be safe. Almost all the leaders are either involved in videos or audios, he felt.
Instead of taking action against the MP, the YSRCP leaders are shamelessly blaming the TDP. If an MP is spared, then tomorrow even a common man will resort to such activities and action cannot be initiated against them.
“The party is utilising all kinds of weapons to safeguard the MP and the Government advisor, Sajjala Ram Krishan Reddy has been changing tack every minute on this, he added.
Kanakamedala said that even woman leaders in the YSRCP are feeling ashamed of Gorantla Madhav.
"Why are you maintaining silence on this," he asked.
He asked as to why the video involving Madhav and the issue of the TDP president handrababu Naidu is linked.
"Where is the connection between the two. Not even an FIR is booked against Chandrababu Naidu and the High Court has dismissed the case but the Government went in an appeal against it. The YSRCP has no ethics," he maintained.