Stage is said to be ready for the defection of senior YSR Congress party MLA Jyothula Nehru into the Telugu Desam Party. Though not a completely unexpected development, it will definitely be a setback for YSRC president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
According to TDP sources, party president and AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, besides his son Lokesh Babu, is learnt to have given a green signal to the entry of Jyothula into the TDP.
The formal admission ceremony is expected to take place any time after the conclusion of the ongoing budget session; or most probably on Ugadi day.
According to sources Jagan is learnt to have made an attempt to pacify Jyothula to stay back in the party.
On his behalf, party spokesman Ambati Rambabu and others met the MLA and persuaded him not to leave the party, but Jyothula reportedly told him that Jagan himself did not want him to continue in the party, as was evident from the way he was denied the PAC chairman post.
“I will take a decision after discussing with my supporters,” Jyothula is learnt to have told the mediators.
Sources said along with Jyothula, four other YSR Congress party MLAs – Prathipadu MLA V Subba Rao, Kothapet MLA Jaggi Reddy, Rampachodavaram MLA Rajeshwari and Mydukuru MLA Raghurami Reddy might also join the TDP on the same day.
