Recover ad money from two dailies: Naidu

Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday dared the Chief Minister K Rosaiah to recover the money spent on advertisements from the two vernacular dailies as Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report rapped the State Government for doling out financial favours to them.

Talking to reporters at his party office, he demanded the authorities to take action against two dailies—Sakshi and Surya—as CAG report found fault with the government for not observing the economy of space and communicating the message restricting the ad space to the minimum size.

“If the government has any commitment and wants to take action based on CAG report, it should immediately recover that advertisements money from the two dailies,” he stated.

He also expressed concern over the reports appeared in a section of media that mafia leaders, who are involved in illegal mining operations in Karnataka, were responsible for communal clashes in the old city.

The TDP chief slammed the government for not giving free hand to police in taking swift action against perpetrators of violence.