TDP accuses State Govt of violating Sakshi GO

The Telugu Desam Party on Wednesday raised serious objection over the State Government giving advertisements to Sakshi newspaper and TV channel.

 Talking to media persons at NTR Trust Bhavan, TDP MLC Y V B Rajendra Prasad demanded that the government give an explanation as to why advertisements and notifications were being released to Sakshi newspaper and TV channel despite issuing a GO against it.

 The TDP leader alleged that the government issued a GO stopping release of all government advertisements and notifications to Sakshi following the CBI's report that the newspaper and channel were established with the proceeds of ill-gotten money. However, now the government itself has violated the GO, he alleged.

 Rajendera Prasad accused Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy of having a 'secret pact' with YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy over giving of advertisements to Sakshi. “This move exposes Kiran Kumar Reddy's indirect link with Jagan,” he stated.

 He also condemned YSR Congress party targeting TDP leaders in connection with the Emaar properties issue. Stating that the government has allotted 531 acres of land to Emaar Properties during the TDP's regime, he said that lands were allotted as per the existing market rate and the then Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu did not resort to any irregularities. He challenged YSR Congress party for an open debate on the issue.