All bets off, now Pawan Kalyan is TD rival

Vijayawada: AP housing board chairman and TD official spokesperson Varla Ramaiah on Friday said if Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan contests in next election, he would be treated as TD opponent.

Speaking to media persons here, he welcomed the comments made by Pawan Kalyan on special category status (SCS) to AP and said the TD also shared the same view regarding SCS.

He said accepting the special assistance package did not mean that the TD had compromised on the SCS. “Even after agreeing for the package, which is needed for the development of the state, we will continue to press for the SCS,” he added. He suggested Pawan Kalyan to tour all the villages of Andhra Pradesh to know the problems of the poor.

Taking about YSRC chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, he asked why Jagan was silent on demonetisation of big currency notes. “We are hearing reports that Mr Jagan is unwell since the Union government’s decision to scrap the existing high denomination currency notes,” he said and added that Jagan should come out and tell his stand over the issue.

He alleged that Jagan was still holding huge amounts of black money at his residences and demanded the authorities concerned to keep a tight vigil on Jagan’s properties and his associates as they might try to move the huge stash of cash to convert them to legal notes.