Hyderabad: Former minister and senior leader Nagam Janarthan Reddy on Sunday, October 29, announced his resignation to the Congress after disgruntlement over the party’s decision to not allocate the Nagarkurnool ticket to him.
He submitted his resignation letter to the party to formalise the decision.
“It is very unfortunate that a national party like Congress is revealing its vulnerability and conducting itself in an irresponsible manner. Hence I am resigning from the Congress party,” Janardhan Reddy said in the letter.
Soon after his resignation, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders K T Rama Rao and T Harish Rao called on him and invited him to join BRS.
After the meeting, Janardhan Reddy told media persons that he would join BRS for the future of Nagarkurnool. He said he would work with BRS candidate Marri Janardhan Reddy in Nagarkurnool.
The Congress leadership has given the Nagarkurnool ticket to Rajesh Reddy, the son of MLC Kuchukulla Damodar Reddy, who recently joined the party.
Janardhan Reddy was upset with the Congress leadership after he was denied the ticket. He had lashed out at Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy.
Janardhan Reddy, a six-time MLA from Nagarkurnool was a long-time member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
Later, he set up a political party named ‘Telangana Nagara Samithi’ and merged it with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 2012, he again contested from the same constituency as an independent candidate and won the election.
He rejoined the BJP in 2013 and quit in 2018, post which he joined the Congress.
A six-time MLA from Nagarkurnool, he had alleged that the Congress party was being destroyed in the state by misleading the central leadership of the party.
Nagam Janardhan Reddy had criticised the party’s decision to give tickets to turncoats while ignoring those who have been serving the party for a long time.
The development comes quite close to the state elections that are going to take place on November 30.
(With inputs from IANS)
