Nellore: The youngest two brothers of the Anam family, Anam Jayakumar Reddy and Anam Vijayakumar Reddy, have been contemplating joining the YSR Congress in the wake of their elder siblings migrating to the Telugu Desam.
Twins Vijayakumar and Jayakumar used to take care of the political interests of elder brothers, Anam Ramanarayana Reddy and Anam Vivekananda Reddy respectively in their segments ever since they entered politics and have been aggrieved about being sidelined by their brothers, who are instead promoting their children, sources in the Anam family said.
A former Nellore corporator, Jayakumar, who had differences with Vivekananda Reddy, walked out of the house a few years ago allegedly after the latter ignored him, giving priority to the then mayor of Nellore T. Bhanusree a few years ago. He attacked his brothers constantly during the Samaikyandhra agitation and joined the TD later. Now he is wary of continuing in the party in view of his brothers' entry.
Vijayakumar, who was going along with his elders and unsuccessfully contested for the Nellore rural seat in 2014 elections on a Congress ticket, declined his brothers' proposal to join the TD along with them. "Nellore rural legislator Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy took the initiative to bring the twins into the YSRC after he came to know about their plans from consultation with his cadres. One of the reasons for Sridhar's move was that Vijayakumar commanded a considerable following in the Nellore rural segment. The party high command left the decision of taking the Anam twins into the party's fold to Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy and Nellore City legislator Dr P. Anilkumar Yadav. They discussed the subject at length and gave green signal after seeking Nellore MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy's opinion. The MP told them that he had no qualms about the issue since it pertained to their assembly segments," reliable sources in the YSR Congress said.
Anilkumar Yadav said that he had cordial relations with Vijayakumar and Jayakumar and was not against their proposal if they intended to join the party. YSRC district unit president Kakani Govardhan Reddy was also in concurrence on the matter, but said that they had not yet approached him.
