NAIDU'S SHIFT IN STRATEGY

The assembly ection may be more than six months away, but the political climate is already heating up in Andhra Pradesh. On October 31, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N.

- Amarnath K. Menon

Chandrababu Naidu walked out of the Rajamahendravaram Central Prison after nearly two months, within hours of the Andhra Pradesh High Court granting him a four-week interim bail on medical grounds. The former chief minister, who was in jail since September 10, is accused of siphoning off funds running into crores of rupees that were meant to train unemployed youths during his last tenure (2014-19). Even as he received a hero's welcome from supporters en route to his residence, Naidu's troubles are far from over. For, on October 28, the Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department had registered another graft case against him involving licences issued to certain distilleries when he was the CM.