It looks like health minister D L Ravindra Reddy has realised that he might be shown the door from the Congress party soon and therefore, he is preparing his ground to make an early exit before he is shunted out.

It was evident from the way DLR expressed disgruntlement over the raw deal meted out to sincere and hardworking leaders and cadres in the Congress party. He pointed out that not a single leader from Kadapa was being considered for the MLC seat by the high command. DLR, however, blamed it on his arch rival chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy for the injustice done to his followers in the party.

DLR also took a dig at the Chief Minister for getting his photograph printed on the bags meant for public distribution system.  “It is shameful on the part of Kiran to have his pictures on the rice bags. He is trying for cheap publicity by misusing public money,” he said.