It is over sixteen years that former chief minister and incumbent Telugu Desam chief Mr. Chandrababu Naidu revolted against his father-in-law, then chief minister Mr. N T Ramarao and dethroned him. All these years Naidu never spoke or regretted about the revolt, but broke his silence only at the end of just concluded TD Mahanadu at Gandipet. He said that the revolt was only to save the party and Andhra Pradesh.

Referring to the incident that took place in 1995, Naidu said a "dushta shakti" (referring to Lakshmi Parvati) tried to destroy the party, and to protect the party from the "evil force," he had to revolt and split the party. I never thought even in my dreams that I will revolt against NTR. For me, NTR was not just a fatherin-law, but a god whom I worshipped. But he was facing problems having come under the influence of the evil force and hence we were left with no other option to save the TDP. We tried all means to check her influence and save the party but failed. Then, left with no option, we had to effect a leadership change and form the government (in 1995) in a democratic manner with the support of more than 200 MLAs," he said.

The 1995 revolt by Chandrababu Naidu against his father-in-law was then supported by NTR family as well. Incidentally, Mr Harikrishna, the TD chief's brother-in-law, had a couple of years ago called his stepmother, Ms Lakshmi Parvathi a dushta shakti and the same was repeated by Mr Naidu now.