It looks like Telugu Desam Party spokesperson and Andhra Pradesh Seed Corporation Chairman G Deepak Reddy has not learnt any lesson, even after getting a reprimand from party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for making unnecessary comments during a recent debate on Republic TV channel hosted by Arnab Goswami about IndiGo airlines crisis.
On Wednesday, Deepak Reddy landed the ruling coalition in fresh controversy after making scathing allegations against senior IAS officers during an interview to a popular YouTube channel.
In the interview, Deepak Reddy alleged that IAS officers were not only damaging the functioning of the present coalition government but were also responsible for the electoral defeats of former chief ministers N Chandrababu Naidu in 2019 and Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in 2024.
He claimed that entrenched bureaucratic interests had weakened successive governments by projecting an illusion of efficient governance while, in reality, undermining elected leadership.
Deepak Reddy revealed that he has not received his salary for the past 14 months despite serving as chairman of the state-run seed corporation.
He attributed the delay to a “minor name-related error” in official records, but said repeated representations to concerned departments had yielded no result.
Expressing frustration, he questioned how long it should take for officials to clear the file of a corporation chairman and a senior party functionary.
He alleged that even after repeatedly approaching the Finance Secretary, the issue remained unresolved.
Using strong language, he asked whether officers who could not clear a “small file” in over a year were fit to occupy such positions, and accused them of deliberately withholding his salary.
Escalating his attack, Deepak Reddy described IAS officers as having become a “curse” on the system.
He made sensational claims that a senior IAS officer had personally told him that he would spend Rs 1,000 crore on his daughter’s wedding, wondering how bureaucrats could amass such enormous wealth.
He alleged that the lavish villas owned by some officers were shocking and indicative of large-scale corruption within the administrative machinery.
He further alleged that many such officials were “thieves within the system” and asserted that both Naidu in 2019 and Jagan Mohan Reddy in 2024 lost power because of the actions of these bureaucrats, rather than due to political miscalculations alone.
It may be recalled that after the coalition government assumed office, several ministers and MLAs publicly expressed dissatisfaction over the conduct of certain officials, alleging that they continued to favour leaders of the previous YSR Congress Party regime.
Naidu has on multiple occasions advised bureaucrats to change their approach and work in alignment with the priorities of the elected government.