Alleging that Purandareswari was trying to politicize the issue of erection of NTR’s statue in Parliament, he has questioned the union minister why she had not questioned about the statue when Dr. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was alive. He said she should also explain why she had kept quiet then and opened her mouth now. Naidu has alleged that there was no mention of NTR’s name in any of the books brought out on the occasion of the World Telugu conference, Naidu has alleged that though such great insult was heaped on her father, Purandareswari was not talking about it. He has also questioned why Purandareswari had not brought pressure on the central government to name the Shamshabad airport after N T Rama Rao.

He said the letter written by Purandareswari was just a pack of lies.

It may be recalled that Purandareswari has written an open letter to the fans of NTR making a serious charge against Naidu that he was responsible for blocking erection of the statue in Parliament. She said in the letter that it was due to her efforts that the Speaker Meira Kumar has given clearance to setting up the statue in Parliament. She said she had even given a model and got it approved by the committee without divulging the information as she feared that Naidu would once again throw spanner in her works.

TDP Chief N Chandrbabu Naidu summoned them to give explanation and within the TDP, several leaders have been criticizing the action of the three members and demanded them to tender resignation and public apology. Following this, the three members have given their explanation to the party Chief giving various reasons for their absence. Senior leader Devender Goud said that he took the permission from the party Chief and went for medical check up. Devender Goud also indulged in counter attack on Party leaders. Gundu Sudha Rani said that she came to Hyderabad on the day of voting on FDI to console her relative who was under going treatment. She also said that she missed the return flight from  Hyderabad.

The third member Sujana Chowdari, who was basically an industrialist, met Chandrababu Naidu at Adilabad and has given his explanation on Saturday. Speaking to the media later, he said that it was a mistake on his part to abstain from  voting. He also said that he has no business links with the Congress party leaders.

But the party leaders were not sparing their criticism on three Rajya Sabha members alleging that the TDP was losing credibility just because of such leaders.

Responding to the unexpected criticism within the party, Sujana Chowdari tendered his resignation on Sunday. He sent his resignation to the party Chief. He said later that he was feeling uneasy with the consequences taking place in the party. He also said that he was already given explanation to the party Chief but some leaders in the party were making it as an issue intentionally. Sujana Chowdari also said that he will continue in the party though he tendered resignation to the Rajya Sabha seat.