Metro India News | amaravati

Education Minister Nara Lokesh said on Monday that “Sakshi” newspaper had written a story on him few years ago without any evidence and that he is fighting a legal battle against it since then. He said he would come to the court no matter how many times the case was adjourned.

Lokesh appeared before the Visakhapatnam court today for hearing in the defamation case filed against the newspaper. The case was adjourned after the judge who heard the case.Later, speaking to the media, Lokesh lashed out at YSRCP for spreading misinformation about his visit to Davos. He said that Maharashtra has got more investments due to the stable governance and the people of AP have suffered a lot due to the announcement of three capitals by YS Jagan.

He questioned why companies did not come during Jagan's tenure. "Amar Raja Battery Company was harassed by the previous government and that is why the company moved to Chennai. "Everyone knows who brought the Kia company, which was set up in Anantapur district, and they wanted to put the credit of Kia and TCS in YSRCP's account.

Minister Lokesh said that if industrialists are harassed, who will come for investments. "We have said that we will not allow the privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant to take place, but after coming to power, we have done it. He reminded that funds have been brought from the Centre for the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.

He said that being a minister, he could not do padayatras regularly, but to solve the problems of the people, he would organise a praja darbar to meet them. We are taking petitions from the people and resolving their problems," he said. The minister said the coalition government was focused on development as well as welfare.