TDP MLC and senior leader Payyavula Keshav has strongly retorted to the accusations of party Telangana Working President Revanth Reddy against him. The Ananthapur leader said that Revanth Reddy should first come clean on his business and political associations with other party leaders before pointing finger at him.
Addressing media on Monday, Payyavula reminded that Revanth Reddy had once registered a company in partnership with TRS MP and Telangana CM KCR’s daughter, Kavitha. He added that Revanth Reddy however backed out of the joint business after pressure was mounted on him by his well-wishers.
Payyavula also accused Reddy of considering the option of joining YSRC Party and spearhead it in Telangana. ‘Everyone knows that Jagan’s media sang praises of Revanth Reddy at a time when he seriously considered the option of joining YCP. He even wore YSRCP scarfs in Singareni,’ said Payyavula adding that someone who kept looking at other parties for prosperous career shouldn’t have commented again him, claiming he has been and will forever be a TDP soldier.
A few days ago, Revanth Reddy accused TRS Government of granting license to a bar jointly owned by Paritala Sriram and Payyavula Keshav.
Responding to those allegations, Payyavula claimed that he didn’t have any business dealings with either Paritala Sunitha’s family or Telangana Government. He added that his nephew had started a microbrewery with partners and that he wasn’t involved in that business at all.
He claimed to have complete details of Revanth Reddy’s Delhi trips in the last six months and that he will disclose them all after consulting party chief Chandrababu Naidu. The MLC added that both he and Revanth Reddy reached this stage with the support of Chandrababu and that the chief encouraged the Telangana leader more than him.
Payyavula claimed he stood in support of Revanth Reddy and his family when he was sentenced to prison, and that he didn’t expect such scathing allegations from the latter. ‘Personal agendas are more important for him than party’s welfare and ethics,’ Payyavula said.