TDP supporters question Jr NTR's reported silence after Chandrababu Naidu's 2023 arrest
After TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, his uncle by marriage, was arrested in the Andhra Pradesh Skill Development Corporation case in September 2023, outlets reported TDP supporters pressing Jr NTR to condemn it. He made no statement. A TDP leader linked the silence to a reported rift, and Nandamuri Balakrishna said he did not care. In June 2024 Jr NTR congratulated Naidu on his election win.
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- TDP supporters press Jr NTR to condemn Naidu's arrest, as reported - The News Minute reported that after the Andhra Pradesh CID arrested Naidu on September 9 in the Skill Development Corporation case, TDP supporters were tagging Jr NTR on Twitter asking him to condemn it, and the actor had not made a statement. TNM noted he campaigned for the TDP in 2009, later stayed away from party affairs, and in 2021 spoke out when his aunt Bhuvaneswari was allegedly insulted in the Assembly. Chandrababu Naidu's arrest: TDP supporters question Jr NTR's silence
- TDP leadership responds to questions about his silence, as reported - The New Indian Express reported that TDP state president K Atchannaidu said the question was better posed to Jr NTR and that the party was not asking anyone to respond to the arrest. The paper quoted a TDP leader as saying Jr NTR's silence over Naidu's arrest had given credence to the reported rift between the actor and the party chief. Jr NTR mum on Chandrababu Naidu's arrest, TDP unruffled
- Nandamuri Balakrishna says he does not care about Jr NTR's silence - The New Indian Express and The News Minute reported that TDP MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna, Jr NTR's uncle, told reporters in Hyderabad "I don't care" when asked about his nephew not reacting to Naidu's arrest. The New Indian Express said the lack of condemnation had become a talking point in political circles about a widening gap between Jr NTR and the Nara family. I don't care about Jr NTR's silence: Nandamuri Balakrishna
- Jr NTR congratulates Naidu after the 2024 election win - Deccan Chronicle and Telangana Today, citing IANS, reported that Jr NTR posted on X congratulating Naidu on a historic victory and hoping it would lead Andhra Pradesh towards development, and also congratulated Nara Lokesh and Balakrishna. The New Indian Express, reporting the post, recalled that there had been no response from Jr NTR when Naidu was arrested. Jr NTR Congratulates Naidu Over TD's win in AP