Invite leaders from other parties to TDP only after a thorough check of their background: Naidu
TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has asked leaders to furnish information related to those keen on joining the party to its central office and invite them only after proper inquiry is done into their background and political allegiances.
TDP State president and Gajuwaka MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao said in a press release that the TDP leaders should be cautious in welcoming leaders from other parties, as some of them could harm the party, therefore, a thorough check was essential.
Mr. Naidu's advice assumed significance in the context of the exhortation by him in the Mahanadu held in Kadapa in May that the party should be wary of the presence of coverts and çriminals in its ranks, and the damage likely to be caused by them.
He had observed that the TDP was doing politics in an era when leaders with ulterior motives would stoop to any extent, as low as getting their rivals murdered, citing the cold-blooded killing of former MP Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy as an example.
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