Will Congress be bereft of leaders?
posted on Mar 18, 2014 @ 3:55PM
The bifurcation of the state has led to an interesting change in the political scenario with many political leaders relinquishing Congress and joining either the TDP or YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party. Narsipatnam Congress MLA B. Mutyalapapa formally bid farewell to her party, and joined hands with YSRCP.
She met Y S Jagan in Rajahmundry, and said that she decided to join YSRCP as per her supporters' wishes and is slated to join the party officially on Wednesday. Another probable incumbent to the YSR party would be former Minister of secondary education K Parthsararthy, who is still weighing the equations before he takes the plunge.
Now the other important Congress leader and former Health minister D L Ravindra Reddy who was dropped from the Kiran Cabinet last year , is slated to join the TDP in a day or two. Speaking to the media after addressing a meeting in Mydukur he said that it was the TDP alone who can curb Jagan's chances of coming into power.
Former Minister for Stamps and registration Mr Thota Narasimham is also likely to join the TDP. Although he hails from a family who have been staunch Congress supporters it is said that party cadre in Jaggampet his home constituency are unhappy with the way the bifurcation took place forcing him to change parties.