Hyderabad/Anantapur: In a significant development, YSR Congress president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s close associate, Nandyal MLA Bhooma Nagireddy appears to have decided to leave the party along with his daughter, Allagadda MLA Akhila Priya. Mr Nagireddy is likely to join the Telugu Desam. The MLA was closeted with his trusted loyalists in Nandyal on Friday, giving strength to the speculations that he would be parting ways with the YSRC soon.
Sources said that his loyalists told Mr Nagireddy that he should part ways with the YSRC. Before he leaves the YSRC, Mr Nagireddy is expected to resign from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). However, the MLA did not reveal his plans to the media after the meeting, only going to the extent of saying that he would speak at the right time. If Mr Nagireddy leaves the YSRC, some more MLAs from the party may follow his footsteps.
Among them would be his brother-in-law S.V. Mohan Reddy, who represents the party from Kurnool Assembly constituency, a sources close to Mr Nagireddy said. Meanwhile, Mr Mohan Reddy on Friday made it clear he would remain with the YSRC and ruled any possibility of MLAs from Kurnool district joining the TD.
