Machilipatnam, Aug. 8 -- YSRCP Krishna District President and former Minister Perni Venkatramaiah (Nani) on Saturday alleged that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his son Nara Lokesh were conspiring to weaken the profit-making Vijaya Dairy to expand Heritage Dairy's presence across coastal Andhra.

Speaking to the media, Nani questioned the government's involvement in the affairs of Vijaya Dairy and alleged that ministers had forcibly obtained the resignation of its Chairman Chalasani Anjaneyulu.

He said Vijaya Dairy functions under the MACS Act and is not a government-nominated body, but a cooperative system in which farmers elect their representatives. The government and ministers have no authority to interfere in it...