TDP expels MLA Koneti Adimulam after party functionary alleges sexual harassment, writes to Chandrababu

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Hyderabad:The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has expelled its MLA Koneti Adimulam, acting on a sexual harassment complaint by a woman party functionary...

The senior leader, previously a YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) legislator, had joined the TDP ahead of this years general elections...

A statement issued by TDP state chief Palla Srinivasa Rao Thursday said the party suspended the MLA taking serious note of allegations of molestation levelled against him by the woman through various channels...

He is a blot on the party, the woman, her face concealed by a mask, further said, adding that she had submitted a complaint to the TDP office along with a pen drive and call records, and a letter addressed to party supremo and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu...

When contacted, TDP spokesperson Jyothsna Tirunagari alleged there were several such complaints against YSRCP leaders in the last five years but party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy never paid heed...

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