Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Telangana legislative council member, Congress leader, Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy, resigned from the party and decide to join BJP right after a day of completing his six-year term in the council.

PS Reddy has been a congress member for over years and has worked as the president of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) and Andhra Pradesh Youth Congress. He also received a reward for his service as AICC secretary and as a member of legislative council in Telangana.

PS Reddy has sent his resignation to Congress president Rahul Gandhi and later, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his hearty desire to join BJP.

In his letter to the All India Congress Committee (AICC), he said that he was dissatisfied with the traditions and values of Congress party that has changed contrary over the years. “Money Influence has increased during allocation of tickets in Telangana Assembly elections in 2018, MLC elections and also coming general elections,” he mentioned in the letter.

PS Reddy also alleged Congress of bribing crores of rupees for the allocation of tickets. He said this kind of commercialization of party tickets in Indian National Congress drives me to leave Congress party and therefore, I am redering my resignation.

Referring to the Airstrikes in Pakistan, Reddy said that he is extremely disheartened with the reaction of Congress party. He said that their stand on terrorism and national security has been “inconsistent”

TPCC treasurer Gudur Narayan Reddy strongly condemned the criticism by PS Reddy saying that he was given multiple opportunities by Congress although he never won the election. He had served as an MLC and just after two days of his completion of the term he resigned from the party. He regarded his allegations as baseless and declared him as an opportunist and greedy for power.

Four days ago Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MP AP Jithender Reddy, joined BJP in the presence of BJP president Amit Shah.

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