Telugu Desam Party (TDP) politburo member V. Anita has alleged that the police are being made scapegoats by the YSR Congress Party government in the explicit video call case involving MP Gorantala Madhav. Referring to the press meet organized by Anantapur Superintendent of Police Fakirappa Kaginelli on the matter, the TDP leader alleged that he was forced to speak to the media.
Ms Anita wondered whether the DGP supported the statements made by the SP. “The SP did not deny that Madhav was not in the leaked video clip. He also said that the leaked clip was not the original video, and that the original video clip would be required for investigation in a forensic lab. But the Home Minister says that the video has been sent to the forensic lab. Both the statements are contradictory,” alleged Ms Anita.
The TDP leader said forensic examination of the MP’s mobile phone would reveal the truth. He said that the Andhra Pradesh Women’s Commission should investigate the matter.
Ms Anita alleged that the Chief Minister was trying to save the MP. “The TDP will meet the Governor and the Union Home Minister in this regard and will continue to fight for justice till action is taken against the MP,” he said.
In a separate press conference, TDP leaders Pucha Vijay Kumar, Arethi Mahesh, Budumuri Govind and P. Jayaraj demanded that the accused MP’s phone be checked for the original video. He alleged that the SP was “reading from a script given by YSRCP advisor Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy and Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy”.
He said that in the past, if action had been taken against a former minister and a sitting minister on receiving such complaints, then this incident would not have happened.
In a separate statement, Telugu Nadu Students Federation (TNSF) state president MV Pranav Gopal said that the people of the state knew that the ruling party was trying to save the accused MP.