Rubbishing the false propaganda unleashed by vested interests by linking her name to that of a popular Telugu film hero Prabhas, YSR Congress leader Y S Sharmila alleged that the Telugu Desam party had hatched a conspiracy to defame her ahead of the general elections to get political mileage.
After lodging a formal complaint with the Hyderabad police on Monday against those responsible for posting objectionable material against her in social media, Sharmila said: ‘such false propaganda has started before 2014 elections and swung back with elections fast approaching now.”
She said she had sought proper action against those carrying out the character assassination and objectionable posting in the social media and the perpetrators who are behind the scenes.
“I strongly believe that TDP is behind spreading the rumour as is its wont. When the leadership does not warn its cadre who are speaking of such things it implies that it approves the version of the lower rung leaders,” she said.
Sharmila said she had no acquaintance with Prabhas whatsoever and had never talked to him.
“Being a mother, wife and person with family bond, it hurts when such slanderous campaign is carried out and if I do not react, my silence may lead to some unpleasant conclusions which is the reason why I lodged the complaint seeking action against those who are responsible for such libelous comments using the social media as a tool,” she said.
She requested the intelligentsia to come forward and extend support to all those who are falling prey to such propaganda and it is time that the issue is uprooted completely.
“The TDP is known for spreading rumours and this is no different. They tried to defame my father by calling him a factionist and they were proved wrong. The same rumour of relationship with the film star was floated before 2014 and was subsided after the election and this time it has again popped up before polls,” Sharmila alleged.