YSRCP alleged Sujana Chowdhary is Chandrababu's benami

Reacting to the raids on Sujana Group owned by TDP Rajya Sabha MP YS Chowdhary, the YSRCP has said Chowdhary is a tool in the hands’ of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. “He is a benami of Chandrababu. The actual beneficiary (in defrauding of banks) is Naidu,’’ the YSRCP said.“Had the Centre taken action (in the decade-old case) against Chowdhary earlier, it might not had been possible for the TDP MP to involve in a fraud of such a? largescale amount,’’ the YSRC said.

“Thousands of crores of rupees defrauded by Chowdhary was distributed during 2009 and 2014 elections and used to purchase lands in Amaravati,’’ the YSRC alleged and said the amounts that were defrauded from banks went directly to Naidu. “Because of this only, Chowdhary was made Rajya Sabha member twice and Union Minister. A quid pro quo is involved in it,’’ the YSRC said.