Senior BJP leader quits party in Sircilla

Senior BJP leader and State executive committee member, Ramakanth Rao, in a statement, condemned the party decision to allocate the Sircilla assembly ticket to a "non-local" candidate without consulting local party workers

Rajanna-Sircilla: Upset over allocation of the Sircilla ticket to Rani Rudrama Reddy, senior BJP leader and State executive committee member,Avunuri Ramakanth Rao on Tuesday resigned from the party.

Ramakanth Rao, in a statement, condemned the party decision to allocate the Sircilla assembly ticket to a “non-local” candidate Rani Rudrama Reddy without consulting local party workers. He said he had considered the BJP as a political party that followed political values and joined it. Right from the beginning, he worked as a sincere party worker.

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However, without respecting and recognizing the hard worker of local leaders, the party leadership had allocated the Sircilla ticket to a non-local candidate. She was not aware of the local issues, he said.