In Lucknow, the buzz is that much of chief minister Akhilesh's anger is directed at father Mulayam's second wife Sadhna Gupta, son Prateek, daughter-in-law Aparna and her parents. Rao had claimed that from the beginning, Naidu wanted to become the chief minister and TDP president by ousting NTR. But I went home only to find Chandrababu Naidu, Harikrishna and (his brother) Balakrishna sitting there and waiting for me. "Naidu took me into a room and told me that he will take over as the chief minister and party president. But he was facing problems, having come under the influence of the evil force and so we were left with no other option to save the TDP," Naidu had said.

Source: The Telegraph October 23, 2016 21:58 UTC