In a counter to the opposition TDP leader and former minister Lokesh who alleged that the YSRCP minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy is known for his gambling skills, the later fell in defence. Inviting a new controversy, the minister in a media meet asked the leader of the opposition what’s wrong with playing cards.
“I do play cards with my friends and I visit casinos. What is wrong in that..?” asked the minister in his defence. Further, the minister targeted Lokesh claiming that the young leader is known for his lavish life during his foreign visits and that he so far didn’t respond to the legal notices issued over the investments in Tamil Nadu.
The minister also showed the pictures of Lokesh enjoying in pubs in the US apparently when he was a student Followed by his comments, netizens started finding parallels with comments once made by Kodali Nani whose relatives were arrested at gambling clubs in Gudiwada. It can be recalled that even Kodali defended the development questioning the opposition leaders of what’s wrong in playing cards.