AV Ramana Deekshitulu should be in jail: Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy

Vijayawada: AP agriculture minister Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy on Saturday said TTD former chief priest Dr A.V. Ramana Deekshitulu should be “given police treatment” and send to jail.

“Deekshitulu needs to be put behind bars and only then will all facts will be revealed,”  the minister said. He alleged that Dr Deekshitulu had hurt the feelings of devotees in association with A1 and A2 a reference to YSRC president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and party MP V. Vijaya Sai Reddy.

Speaking to mediapersons at the Mahanadu venue, Mr Reddy has lambasted the BJP and YSRC for their “dirty politics” over Lord Venkateswara. “We will expose all the conspiracies from the platform of Mahanadu,” he said. The minister also said that around 36,000 people are expected to attend the Mahanadu and the party conclave will be the platform to “expose” the hidden understandings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy.