HYDERABAD: The hate campaign being run in the name of elections has turned from bad to worse in Andhra Pradesh which is going in for a simultaneous poll to the Lok Sabha and Assembly. At the receiving end is TDP firebrand and former actress Roja, who is the Telugu Desam nominee for Chandragiri Assembly constituency in Chittoor district.
After verbal duels on television channels which often bordered on plain abuse, an MMS showing the veteran actress and a stranger in a compromising position is doing the rounds. The five-minute clip is being circulated over mobile phones not in one city or town but the entire State.
However, the video appears to have been morphed in a bid to damage the image of the actress-turned-politician, who has hit the headlines recently for her virulent attack on Chiranjeevi-led Praja Rajyam and the Congress. Circulation of this kind of MMSes is not uncommon but this is the first time that such a thing has surfaced during elections and that too, against a politician. Roja had, during her hey days, starred opposite all the top stars including megastar Chiranjeevi who is now in the opposite end of the political spectrum.
Notwithstanding her earlier association with Chiranjeevi, she has been one of his most vocal critics.
Roja, when contacted, said she had heard of the MMS but refrained from blaming anyone. She said she would lodge a complaint with the Election Commission Tuhin Chakraborty soon.