What Rs 30 crore, didn't get 30 paise from TDP, says Jaleel Khan

Pooh-poohing the charges of YCP leaders that he had been paid Rs 30 crore for defecting to the ruling TDP, Jaleel Khan of Vijayawada West, said on Monday that it was he who gave the party Rs 1 lakh donation seeing its plight in holding the Mahanadu in Tirupati. `What Rs 30 crore, i haven't got even 30 paise from the TDP,' he added. Operation Akarsh of the ruling party had resulted in a spate of defections from the YCP, but these have stopped since, enabling the Jagan party to win a seat in Rajya Sabha for the finance wizard Vijay Sai Reddy, MLA. YCP leader Jaganmohan Reddy sat on a three-day dharna to protest against the building of irrigation projects across the Krishna by Telangana, which might turn AP into a desert. The response to Jagan deeksha in Kurnool was massive, which might have halted the defections for the time being.