Former chief secretary of the state of Andhra Pradesh, IYR Krishna Rao reacted sharply to chief minister Chandrababu Naidu's letter to the chief justice of High Court seeking the appointment of a high court judge into the controversy surrounding TTD jewellery of Lord Venkateswara.

The former IAS officer said that only after a clear-cut preliminary investigation can a decision on any further inquiry by a high judge be taken up.

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IYR Krishna Rao also said that if Chandrababu Naidu was driven by motives of political damage caused to him in filing defamation cases against former head priest Ramana Deekshitulu and YSRCP Rajya Sabha MP, Vijaysai Reddy, he would be ill-advised to proceed legally in the matter. The former chief secretary took to twitter to say that the high court need not waste its valuable time on the issue, if "it is to face the political storm generated by these allegations", then the court need not spend any time on it, he suggested. "Political allegations have to be faced politically only," he tweeted.

If it is to face political storm generated by these allegations(as it looks to be) then the honourable High Court time need not be wasted on this .political allegations have to be faced politically only.
— IYRKRao , Retd IAS (@IYRKRao) June 28, 2018

ఆ విధంగా కాకుండా కేవలం రాజకీయ దుమారం నుంచి ప్రభుత్వాన్ని కాపాడుకోవడం కోసం గా న్యాయ విచారణ కోరుకుంటే అది అర్ధ రహితం అవుతుంది. ఉన్నత న్యాయస్థానం తమ అమూల్య సమయాన్ని దానికోసం వెచ్చించాల్సిన అవసరం లేదు. ప్రభుత్వమే రాజకీయంగా దానిని ఎదుర్కొనవలసి ఉంటుంది.
— IYRKRao , Retd IAS (@IYRKRao) June 28, 2018