KCR ‘gives’ his nod to Jeevan Reddy’s entry into BRS

Senior Congress person and erstwhile curate T. Jeevan Reddy is each acceptable to discontinue the party, severing 40 years of relation with it. The Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), to which helium is expected to join, is weighing connected the respectable presumption to beryllium offered.

BRS main and erstwhile Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has fixed his motion to Mr. Reddy’s introduction into the party, respecting his seniority and non-controversial image. “He volition beryllium an plus to the enactment and a limb to people the authorities fixed the respect helium commands successful the society,” said a elder BRS leader.

There is thing authoritative astir it truthful far, but the developments seen implicit the past week person the blessings of Mr. Rao, the elder BRS functionary told The Hindu. Whether Mr. Rao personally spoke to Mr. Jeevan Reddy is not yet clear.

Meanwhile, Mr Reddy, who feels humiliated successful the Congress aft BRS MLA from Jagityal, K. Sanjay Kumar, began sailing with the ruling party, besides revealed his tendency to permission the Congress. “Leaving the Congress is simply a certainty,” helium told his supporters leaving the enactment of continuing with him to their choice.

Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Jeevan Reddy asked wherefore helium should proceed successful the enactment facing specified humiliation. “It volition beryllium an insult to my property if I proceed successful the contiguous circumstances, and I americium contemplating the move,” helium said. However, helium was non-commital connected joining the BRS. “Lets hold however it unfolds,” helium said.

Mr. Reddy is successful nary temper to see the requests from the enactment leaders to proceed arsenic the apical echelons of the Congress excessively person ignored his pleas for justness and ‘respect’ that helium commanded successful the past 3 decades.

The indications of his imminent exit were wide aft his supporters tore down Congress banners and flex boards astatine his residence. The rivalry betwixt Mr Jeevan Reddy and K Sanjay escalated during the caller municipal elections, wherever the erstwhile fielded his supporters arsenic independents aft being denied enactment tickets.

Several of them went connected to win, demonstrating his power successful the constituency. The enactment besides turned down his petition for picking his campaigner arsenic the Mayor’s prime successful Jagityal Municipality, further deepening the crisis.