former deputy speaker Koppula Hareeshwar Redddy and former union minister Samudrala Venugopala Chary, who were suspended from the Telugu Desam Party on Friday for voting in the Presidential elections defying the party stand, are most likely to join the YSR Congress party sooner or later.
Though both the leaders have been staying away from the party activities for quite some time on the ground that party president N Chandrababu Naidu has not taken any stand in favour of Telangana statehood demand, they had been technically with the TDP. In the last Rajya Sabha elections, too, they have voted for the TDP candidate, so as to avoid disqualification. Now that their blatant defiance of the party stand was exposed, Naidu had no other choice but to suspend them.
Surprisingly, Hareeshwar said he had resigned from the party long ago and now that he was suspended, he would consider joining the other party.
According to sources close to the rebels, he, along with Nagarkurnool MLA Nagam Janardhan Reddy and Venugopala Chary are most likely to join the YSR Congress.
“They are just waiting for the right time and looking for the right pretext."
The other two suspended TDP legislators – Y Balanagi Reddy and Chinnam Ramakotaiah have already opened up their stand. While Balanagi Reddy has already been in the Jagan camp, while Chinnam has tilted towards the Congress party.
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