The YSR Congress party on Friday lashed out at the TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and his party colleagues for playing caste card in politicising the arrest of TDP legislator and former minister Kinjarapu Atchen Naidu in the multi-crore Employees’ State Insurance scam.
Several YSRC leaders including ministers Gummanuru Jayaram, M Sucharita, Moidevi Venkataramana, Sankarana Narayana and Anil Kumar Yadav, MLAs R K Roja, MLC Md Iqbal and others, said it was shameless on the part of the TDP leaders to smear caste colour to the arrest of a scamster, who allegedly indulged in irregularities to the extent of Rs 150 crore in the ESI scam.
“In what way the arrest of Atchen Naidu in a scam is related to BCs? The ACB has taken action after conducting a detailed probe and unearthing several irregualrities in the ESI purchases and tenders. Why are the TDP leaders scared of the ACB action?” they asked.
Home minister M Sucharita said the ACB had swung into action only after gathering all the evidences.
“It is just a tip of the iceberg. Many more skeletons are going to tumble from the cupboards as the investigations progress,” she said.
She wondered why Chandrababu Naidu was demanding her resignation when Atchen Naidu was arrested for his irregularities.
“How can a person who considers himself to be 40 years industry can stoop down to such a level?” she asked.
“It has become a habit for Chandrababu to play caste politics. Even in the case of Sudhakar’s arrest, he made similar allegations,” she said.