BJP ally allots LS seat to father of Delhi excise case approver

NT Bureau, Agencies

Hyderabad: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, the father of an accusedturned-approver in the Delhi liquor policy case, on Friday got a LS election ticket from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), an ally of the BJP.

Reddy’s son Raghav Magunta was granted pardon and made an approver in the Enforcement Directorate’s case on October 3.

On February 29, a Delhi court also allowed him to turn an approver in the case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Both Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy and Raghav Magunta switched from the YSR Congress Party to the TDP on February 28.

Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy is a four-time MP from Ongole. This time as well, he has got a ticket to contest the LS polls from the same constituency.

Political analyst Telakapalli Ravi told PTI, "That is the paradox of politics today. While talking about high morals and attacking and criticising others, we forget all the morals in our case."