Telugu Desam Party general secretary and Andhra Pradesh IT and panchayat raj minister Nara Lokesh seems to have taken into his stride the nickname “pappu” given to him by his political rivals and people in the social media.
In an interaction with a popular Telugu television news channel, Lokesh said he would not care what his rivals or social media mongers call him, but would focus on the task given to him by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
“Well, I don’t mind being called pappu or uppu. If pappu can start innovative schemes like Jalavani, installation of 40 lakh LED bulbs and underground drainage system in villages, then I am pappu. If Uppu can do it, then I am uppu. Let the people decide what I am,” Lokesh said.
The TDP general secretary said he was answerable to the people and not to the hatemongers, who sling mud at other in the form of cartoons and caricatures in the social media.“What more can they do? They write two articles and run four programmes and nothing more than that,” he said.
When it was pointed out that even search engine Google shows his picture when people search for the word AP Pappu, Lokesh said he was not bothered about such silly issues.“These social media campaigns don’t demoralise me as I work for the people and am answerable to them,” he said.
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