Senior Congress leader and former minister Devineni Rajasekhar alias Nehru is all set to join the Telugu Desam Party today. It is reported that he met the CM of AP Chandrababu Naidu and it will be announced officially by this evening. sooner or later.
This will be a big blow to the Congress party as it is already no where in AP. Nehru was an asset to the Congress in Vijayawad, but now he is also lost by the Congress party. Nehru has virtually been in political oblivion ever since the Congress was wiped out of Andhra Pradesh after bifurcation.
Though he wanted to go into the YSR Congress party, there is no place for him there because of the caste factor. So, he has no option but to look towards the ruling party to get back into political limelight. Moreover, Nehru was originally in the TDP, before shifting loyalties to the Congress.He was very close to the founder of TDP and former CM NT Rama Rao.
Interestingly, Kapu leader and former deputy speaker of the assembly Buragadda Vedavyas is also contemplating joining the TDP.
He was originally in the Congress, before shifting to Praja Rajyam. He later returned to the Congress, but lost the elections after the bifurcation. He, too, has been left with no option but to join the ruling party.
