Chandrababu Naidu says he will not allow his wife Bhuvaneswari to enter politics

2005
Syed Akbar
Hyderabad, April 18: Former chief minister and Telugu Desam supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said a firm no to the proposal from some party leaders that he bring his wife Bhuvaneswari into politics.
According to NTR Bhavan sources, Chandrababu Naidu made it clear in no uncertain terms that his wife or for that matter his son Lokesh would enter politics. The TD supremo was reacting to the suggestion of senior TD leader and former minister N Prasanna Kumar Reddy and some others that Chandrababu Naidu shift to Delhi with his Third Front and rope in Bhuvaneswari into State politics.
Prasanna Kumar, who created ripples in the TD circles with the suggestion in his open letter to Chandrababu Naidu a couple of days ago, called on the TD chief to "explain" his position. Prasanna Kumar reportedly told Chandrababu Naidu that he came up with the suggestion with "pure intentions" and he meant what he said. "I did not suggest it just to create some controversy or to put you in trouble. I mean no insult to you when I wrote in the letter that you better concentrate on Delhi politics", he is said to have explained to the party president.
Reacting sharply to the suggestion, Chandrababu Naidu is understood to have told Prasanna Kumar that Bhuvaneswari would not enter politics and he would continue to concentrate on Andhra politics even while playing a key role at the national level.