‘I’m Not In Jail But In Hearts Of People’: TDP’s Chandrababu Writes Open Letter from Andhra Prison – News18

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former chief minister N Chandrababu wrote an open letter on Sunday from Rajamahendravaram, the central prison of Andhra Pradesh, saying that he is not in jail but in the hearts of the people of the state.

Chandrababu, who is in judicial remand till November 1 for allegedly misappropriating funds from the Skill Development Corporation, said, certain forces, with the fear of losing power, are under the impression that they could distance him from the people by confining him within the four walls.

“I am not in jail but in the hearts of the people of the state. No power on earth can distance me from the people even for a second… I may not be among the people now but I am always present everywhere in the shape of development whenever the word ‘welfare’ is sounded,” he stated.

Chandrababu handed over the letter to his family members who met him on Sunday through mulaqat. The TDP chief said that “no one can deface the values and the credibility that I have been preserving for the past 45 years.”

Expressing confidence that the law will certainly prevail even if it is a bit late, Naidu said that he will certainly come out to work with more vigour for the people and for the welfare of the state.

Stating that inside the jail he is recalling his 45-year-long public life, the TDP supremo said that throughout his political career, he always struggled for the welfare and progress of the people.

In the letter, he asserted that he never commits any mistake nor allows others to do any kind of flaws.

Naidu recollected that earlier he declared at Rajamahendravaram that he will announce the TDP manifesto for Dussera, but “Now I am confined in the jail in same Rajamahendravaram. I will soon come out to declare the full-scale manifesto.”

Chandrababu said his wife, Bhuvaneswari, the daughter of the Late NT Rama Rao, who never came into the public, has accepted his request to fight for the people.

“She will soon come before you to console the members of the families of those who died because they could not digest my confinement in jail. Also, she will thoroughly expose this atrocious rule,” the former chief minister said.