Chandrababu Naidu breaks down on live TV, walks out of AP Assembly

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Chandrababu Naidu breaks down on live TV, walks out of AP Assembly (Image: Screengrab from video tweeted by @ANI)
Chandrababu Naidu breaks down on live TV, walks out of AP Assembly (Image: Screengrab from video tweeted by @ANI)

Hyderabad : Telugu Desam Party leader Chandrababu Naidu broke down on live television during a press conference held shortly after he staged a walkout of Andhra Pradesh Assembly.

He credited his actions to derogatory comments made in the assembly for his wife. 


"For the last two-and-a-half years, I have been bearing the insults but remained calm. Today, they targeted even my wife. My wife never even came into politics. I always lived with honour and for honour. I can take it no more," a distressed Chandrababu Naidu told reporters.

Earlier today, a sharp exchange of words was reported in the Assembly between ruling YSR Congress and those in the opposition, including the TDP.

Chandrababu Naidu alleged that he was not allowed to make a statement to defend remarks made against her wife. According to reports, Speaker Tammineni Seetaram cut Mr Naidu's mic as he was speaking, and as ruling party MLAs called the ex-Chief Minister's remarks "drama".

"I have not been given an opportunity to even make a statement on the remarks made. So, I walk out of the Assembly. I will not return unless as Chief Minister... I have been insulted in the House," he said.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Reddy, however, has hit back to say that it was his rival who made personal remarks, and that his party leaders had only reacted to certain remarks.

"Yes, Chandrababu Naidu's condition... that he is frustrated... is known not only to me but also everyone in the state. People have rejected him. Even in his own Kuppam constituency, he, unimaginably, faced people's rejection," the Chief Minister remarked.

Mr Reddy also said: "It was Chandrababu himself who spoke about my family (uncle, mother and sister) and there was no reference to his family from our side. The House records clearly prove that."