Dharmavaram MLA Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy, in response to allegations levelled in opposition to him by TDP normal secretary Nara Lokesh, on Monday launched a selfie video exterior a construction close to the Krishna riverbank which he alleged was constructed illegally by TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and his son Mr. Lokesh.
On Sunday, Mr. Lokesh had launched a selfie of himself standing exterior a construction which he had alleged was a guest-house constructed by the Dharmavaram MLA on encroached land.
Countering the allegations, the MLA launched a video of himself titled ‘Reply to Selfie Challenge’, with him standing on the embankment with the stated constructing, named Lingamaneni Guest House, within the background.
Mr. Venkatarami Reddy demanded Mr. Lokesh to show that this construction was a real one and never constructed on illegally occupied river embankment land, or show that the visitor home constructed by the MLA in Dharmavaram was additionally constructed on illegally acquired property. “If you prove this, I will resign and will not contest the next election,” he stated.
Making a 10-minute video on the problems raised by Mr. Lokesh throughout his Yuva Galam Padayatra in Dharmavaram, Mr. Venkatarami Reddy stated that the selfies within the backdrop of sand lorries was laughable as neither he nor Dharmavaram city had any reference to the sand mining enterprise. He demanded that Mr. Lokesh show that not less than one sand lorry was going to Bengaluru from Dharmavaram.
He stated he was conducting a ‘Good Morning Dharmavaram’ programme since 2008, a lot earlier than turning into an MLA in 2019, and that the guest-house was constructed on land bought by him legally.
“If a single farmer or landowner lodges a complaint and claims that I had illegally occupied their land, I am ready to quit politics. Is your father too ready to qui?” he retorted.