Lokesh said that during the tenure of NTR, the TDP government played a crucial role in bringing BC communities into the political fold, implementing a significant milestone by allocating 24 per cent reservation for them.
Lokesh began the yatra from Kuppam in Chittoor district on January 27 and covered 3,132 km spread over 97 Assembly constituencies during his 226 day yatra
Nara Lokesh recently held a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah to express apprehensions regarding his father's security, asserting that the YSRCP government has been improperly leveraging state resources.
TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh, his wife Brahmani Nara and N Bhuvaneswari, wife of Naidu participated in this novel protest - by having their hands shackled - to denounce the former chief minister's arrest.
Drawing a parallel to his own experiences, Rama Rao recalled that he and his family members were deeply concerned about the health of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao during a hunger strike at NIMS in December 2009.
Naidu was arrested on September 9, for allegedly misappropriating funds from the Skill Development Corporation, which resulted in a purported loss of over Rs 300 crore to the state exchequer.
Citing Naidu's health issues, he alleged that former AP CM had lost weight and is suffering from infections and allergies due to lack of timely medical assistance
Dragging Lokesh into false cases is a political vendetta. He was not involved in the Inner Ring Road scam. I am questioning CID officials if they can show me the ring road, said former YSRCP MLA Undavalli Sridevi
Lokesh also said he was quizzed on his role as an executive director in Heritage Foods Ltd and in TDP when the party was in power in the state between 2014 and 2019
On a call given by the party, TDP leaders and workers across the state and even neighbouring states participated in the five-minute-long programme to condemn Naidu's arrest.
