Gadwal MLA ghar wapsi on hold? Mohan Reddy gets CM Revanth’s support

Hyderabad: Gadwal MLA Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy met chief minister A Revanth Reddy who assured him that all support would be given and he must stay with the Congress party.

Krishna Mohan Reddy on July 31 met Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president KT Rama Rao in the Assembly office. A public statement stated that, Reddy was returning to BRS and that he met KTR for the same.

Back door meetings

Minister Jupally Krishna Rao met Krishna Mohan Reddy the next day and assured him that all support would be extended to him.

Krishna Mohan Reddy who is representing Gadwal is said to have expressed his displeasure as there was no support from the Congress cadre. The cadre is not supporting him as they have been fighting against him for 10 years. Congress MLA contestant Saritha Thirupathaiah is also strongly objecting to his presence in the party.

These issues would be resolved, Krishna Rao assured him.

Meeting with other 9 MLAs

A meeting with nine other MLAs from BRS who have joined Congress is also on the cards. These are MLAs who contested from the BRS party, won the election and switched over to Congress after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The 10 MLAs are Kadiyam Srihari from the Ghanpur Station Assembly Constituency, Danam Nagender (Khairatabad), Tellam Venkat Rao (Bhadrachalam), Pocharam Srinivas Reddy (Banswada), M Sanjay Kumar (Jagtial), Kale Yadaiah (Chevella), Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy (Gadwal), Prakash Goud (Rajendra Nagar), Arakepudi Gandhi (Serilingampally) and Gudem Mahipal Reddy (Patancheru).

This switch is not being taken easily by Congress cadre at the ground level. They have made it difficult for the new MLAs to function in the constituency.

BRS MLAs have told Krishna Rao that they are not being respected by the Congress cadre.

Rao has assured them that all the issues will be sorted out after chief minister Revanth Reddy’s USA trip.

Three MLAs were ready for Ghar Wapsi

Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy’s step was to be replicated by Dr Sanjiv Kumar from Jagtial and Chevella MLA Kale Yadaiah.

Both these MLAs are feeling the heat from the Congress cadre as they do not have any support on the ground. “There is a lot of acrimony at the constituency level. The cadre is not willing to accept them and that is causing problems as works are also not getting done,” said a Congress leader.

To stem the exodus, minister Krishna Rao met the MLAs. There will also be a full-fledged meeting to sort out all the issues.

TPCC president

The term of Revanth Reddy as president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has come to an end. A new president is to be appointed. CM Revanth Reddy has made it clear that he would not want to continue as president of TPCC. The frontrunners for the post are Madhu Yaskhi Goud, B Mahesh Kumar Goud, Jagga Reddy and others. A senior Congress leader said, “Representations have been sent to the high command in Delhi. The decision will be taken soon. The contention is to give the post to a candidate from backward classes.”

The president of TPCC is important to conducting activities of the party and dealing with these issues that are cropping up with the party cadre and leadership at the ground level.