Recent developments are raising a question that whether TDP is bowing to RSS pressure? There is a discussion going on within the party ranks that RSS pressure is behind the recent suspension of a woman leader from the TDP. TDP woman state media coordinator Sandireddy Gayatri recently participated in a TV debate on the Pahalgam terror attack.
As part of the debate, she said that ‘India is running according to the Constitution and not according to religious texts like Ramayana and Mahabharata’. She also posted this video on social media ‘X’. This has created uproar among Hindutva activists and Sangh Parivar activists became angry towards her.
Due to this, the ‘Hindu IT Cell’ launched an vigroud attack on her. The Hindu IT Cell complained to TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and party general secretary Nara Lokesh on X itself, demanding action against Gayatri. However, the TDP leadership’s response to the complaint is currently being debated among the party workers.
In the wake of the allegations against Gayatri on social media, TDP office secretary P. Ashok Babu has issued a note stating that she is being suspended from the party and ordered to be investigated for her behavior against the party’s rules. There is a debate within the party ranks about suspending her without even asking for an explanation from her.
Several TDP activists are expressing their discontent through social media postings against the party’s abrupt attitude without examining what really happens. Many in these posts are of the opinion that there is nothing wrong with what Gayatri said. They are questioning that when the survival of the NDA government at the center depends on their crucial support, why should they bow down to the BJP and the RSS?
TDP cadre also expressed anger over recent Rajya Sabha nominations. While five YSRCP Rajya Sabha members resigned after the coalition government came to power, as many as two seats were given to the BJP in subsequent by-poll. But, according to the numerical strength, the TDP was supposed to get three, BJP and Jana Sena one each. There is now a perception within the party ranks that the RSS is meddling in the internal affairs of their party.
