Nagam Janardhan Reddy quits Congress, to join BRS

Nagam Janardhan Reddy was reportedly expecting a ticket from Nagarkurnool, but the party instead fielded Kuchukulla Rajesh Reddy.

Hyderabad: Former Minister Nagam Janardhan Reddy quit from the Congress party on Sunday and is expected to join the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). He was aspiring for a Congress ticket to contest from Nagarkurnool constituency. However, the party leadership allotted the ticket to K Rajesh Reddy, son of MLC K Damodar Reddy.

In his resignation letter to AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge, the former Minister said he was responsible for strengthening the Congress party in Nagarkurnool, where the party had never won in assembly elections in the last 30 years. He expressed surprise at being denied the Nagarkurnool ticket, which was instead issued to Rajesh Reddy, who joined the Congress on August 3 this year. All the party activists were disappointed with the party’s decision and the undemocratic attitude of offering a a ruling BRS MLC’s son a ticket without having asked for his resignation from the BRS, he said.

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“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.