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The efforts to pacify elder Congress person T. Jeevan Reddy from leaving the enactment seems to person failed contempt Ministers D. Sridhar Babu and Adluri Lakshman gathering him personally connected Sunday with the petition to enactment successful the party.
Mr. Jeevan Reddy has been severely unhappy with the enactment enactment aft the defection of K Sanjay Kumar, BRS MLA, to the Congress enactment successful Jagityal. Felt sidelined by the enactment contempt his seniority and commitment, Mr. Reddy has made his displeasure wide connected assorted platforms.
The caller municipal elections emerged arsenic the last nail successful the coffin, with Mr. Reddy’s protagonist denied the chairmanship of Jagityal Municipality. After being denied capable seats for his team, Mr. Reddy made them contention arsenic Independents and proved his strength. However, the enactment decided to connection the station to Dr. Sanjay’s candidate.
Since past Mr. Reddy has been contemplating leaving the Congress with his plans unfastened arsenic of now, but astir most apt reaching the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) gates. In this backdrop, the 2 Ministers held prolonged discussions with him successful an evident bid to pacify the elder leader.
Sources said the Ministers assured Mr. Jeevan Reddy that the enactment precocious bid would guarantee him owed prominence and code the concerns helium had raised. However, indications suggest that the efforts to mollify him whitethorn not person yielded the desired result.
Speaking to the media aft the meeting, Mr Sridhar Babu said the Congress enactment stands firmly with Mr. Reddy and each the concerns raised would beryllium taken to the announcement of the Chief Minister and the enactment precocious command.
Describing Mr Reddy arsenic a salient leader, the Minister said determination was hardly anyone successful Telangana who was unaware of his stature and contribution. “Even portion successful the Opposition, helium has consistently been a beardown dependable of the people. If helium is hurt, it is arsenic if we are hurt,” Mr Sridhar Babu remarked.
He added that elder Congress leaders, including Meenakshi Natarajan, PCC president Mahesh Goud and Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy, had antecedently spoken to Mr. Reddy.
According to sources, Mr Reddy reportedly questioned the Ministers connected wherefore helium should proceed successful the Congress nether contiguous circumstances, and is said to person maintained that sidelining the 10 MLAs who had defected from the BRS was the lone solution.
