Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, Nani said he had not left TDP, but was necked out. He has alleged that Naidu was driving out all the loyalists of late N T Rama Rao, founder of the party, so that he could bring his son Lokesh into politics and give the reins of the party to him. Questioning why he was suspended, he said it was atrocious that he was not even asked for an explanation before being sent out. He said he would go to court on the matter. He has also demanded an apology from Naidu for sending him out without even serving a show cause notice.

Denying the charge that he has received a package of Rs. 30 cr. for joining the YSR Congress from Jagan, Nani said he would swear on his two daughters Vijaya Durga and Kanaka Durga that he had not taken even a single rupee. He has questioned the TDP leaders who were leveling that charge, if they brokered between him and Jagan to finalize that deal. In fact, it was Naidu who has sold Rajya Sabha tickets for Rs. 300 crore, he has added. He has also questioned Naidu how much he had received for sending his brother into the Congress party.

Nani has also said that Jagan had leadership qualities and he had no objection to work with him. If it was money that mattered to him, he would have joined the Congress party when YSR was alive, Nani added. He said Naidu had fallen on the feet of NTR and hopped from Congress to TDP. However, he has backstabbed the great leader later to become the Chief Minister and Naidu’s pet dogs were now hounding out NTR loyalists, Nani has alleged.

Stating that he had come into the TDP as he treated late NTR as God, he said it was Hari Krishna who was responsible for his political career, and Jr. NTR who fought with the party chief and got him TDP ticket twice from Gudivada. He said he had redeemed his debt to the two, by winning the seat twice.

Nani said it was because of his love for NTR and the Nandamuri family that he remained in TDP and not because of Naidu. Referring to the claim of TDP leaders that Naidu was a great leader, Nani has questioned why of the 17 tickets issued by him in Krishna district in 2009, only two won the assembly elections. He said he won the elections only because of his own strength and not because of Naidu.