Hyderabad: For a change, some of the Telugu Desam leaders and workers who had trooped into the TRS barely a few months ago, are now back home.
M. Srinivas Reddy from Medchal in Ranga Reddy district, who had parted ways with the Telugu Desam and joined the TRS along with Malkajgiri MP Ch. Malla Reddy on June 1, rejoined the party in the presence of TS TD president L. Ramana and working president A. Revanth Reddy, along with his supporters.
“I feel quite happy to come back to my party (Telugu Desam),” said Mr Srinivas Reddy, a former sarpanch of Gundlapochampally village in Medchal mandal who happens to be a close relative of Mr Malla Reddy.
Former TD workers who rejoined the party said they felt suffocated in the TRS and there was confusion on whom to meet and not to meet because of four power centres. Mr Revanth Reddy said Mr Srinivas Reddy joined the TRS due to pressure and he was happy that he returned to the party fold.
“TD leaders who quit the party and joined TRS are feeling suffocated and will return soon. MLAs like Maganti Gopinath who quit the TD and are now in the TRS, in private, appreciate our stand on various issues. TD leaders are quite unhappy in the TRS,” Mr Revanth Reddy said.
He took a dig at the TRS, saying: “If leaders meet the son, the nephew is unhappy. If they meet the nephew, father and son are unhappy. If they meet both, amma is unhappy. If they meet Amma, the elder man is unhappy. TRS leaders meet either at a police station or at revenue offices. Leaders and workers are confused as to whom to meet to get their work done or air their grievances.”
Mr Revanth Reddy added, “It’s like the case of a large number of fish in a pond. The fish will not get the required oxygen and there are chances of them dying. This is the state of leaders and workers from other parties who had joined the TRS.”
Taking a dig at the state of affairs in TRS government, he said, “While TD president N. Chandrababu Naidu built Cyberabad, TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao turned it into a dustbin. There is no change in road condition in Hyderabad despite (municipal administration minister) K.T. Rama Rao’s tours.”
