Nara Lokesh counter to PM Modi

Guntur, Feb 10: Andhra Pradesh IT & Gram Panchayat Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) scion Nara Lokesh followed his father's suit and gave a sarcastic reply to Prime Minister Modi's remarks made at the Guntur 'Praja Chaitanya Sabha here on today.

Flanked by his supporters, Nara Lokesh spoke to the media dressed in black, the AP minister said that PM Modi's lie had been called out. The IT Minister told the media confidently that his TDP party has taken on the responsibility of ensuring that Special Category Status (SCS) was granted to Andhra Pradesh. Lokesh further added that his father and AP CM Chandrababu Naidu would ensure that the PM's post would be allotted to the party that grants SCS to the AP.

Speaking about the Rafale deal, Lokesh said that PM Modi was caught redhanded by the entire nation in the Rafale deal and the truth is for the people of the nation to witness. The AP minister alleged that PM Modo and the BJP government has failed to keep up its promises made the state.

Lokesh also questioned the Prime Minister's visit to the state and said that the people of Andhra Pradesh were against PM Modi's visit. The young minister condemned PM Modi's Guntur speech and the personal attacks made today against him and his father CM Naidu today.

Lokesh further said that he would continue fighting for the SCS in Andhra Pradesh.