A spate of resignations rocked the ruling YSR Congress party in Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, but the latter appears to be unmoved with the latest developments.
Within minutes of senior YSRCP legislator from Mangalagiri Alla Ramakrishna Reddy resigned from the party and also his assembly membership, several of his followers announced that they were quitting the party.
YSRCP president of Tadepalli town B Venugopala Swamy Reddy, Tadepalli (rural) mandal president Munnangi Vivekananda Reddy, Tadepalli town convenor E David Raj, Guntur district YSRC social media convenor Meka Venkat Rami Reddy and Mangalagiri Rural mandal convenor Annapureddy Brahmananda Reddy resigned from their posts and the party.
But Jagan appears to be unperturbed by the developments.
By evening, he announced Ganji Chiranjeevi as the in-charge of the party in Mangalagiri, thereby declaring that he would be the party candidate for the next assembly elections.
At the same time, a similar situation arose in Visakhapatnam YSR Congress party unit. Gajuwaka MLA Tippala Nagireddy’s son Tippala Devan Reddy resigned from the party, after coming to know that he would not be given the party ticket, which would be given to a candidate from Yadava community.
There have also been reports that former minister from Ongole Balineni Srinivas Reddy might also call it quits to the party, as Jagan expressed anger at him for declaring that he had taken kickbacks for the works when he was a minister in the Jagan cabinet.
Balineni is also likely to be denied the party ticket from Ongole in the coming elections, sources said.
