With elections to Andhra Pradesh assembly less than three months way, it is time for reverse migration of Telugu Desam Party legislators into the YSR Congress party, which fancies more chances of coming to power.
Last week, it was TDP MLA from Rajampet Meda Mallikharjun Reddy, who defected to the YSR Congress party along with his brother and several followers.
Meda, who was the government whip in the state assembly, had apparently sensed that the TDP had little chances of retaining power for a second term and that all is not well with the party in Kadapa district.
According to the latest reports, another TDP MLA from Chirala Amanchi Krishna Mohan is going to join the YSRC.
Most likely, he may meet YSRC president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in Hyderabad and formally join the YSRC on Wednesday.
In fact, there had been reports in the past that Amanchi, who was elected as an independent and later defected to the TDP, was planning to join Jana Sea Party as there was no concrete assurance from TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu about getting the party ticket in 2019. Senior TDP leader Palaparthy David is said to be in the race for the TDP ticket.
However, Amanchi reportedly contacted YSRC after he came to know that there was no place for him in Jana Sena also.
He met the members of Indian Political Action Committee (IPAC) promoted by political strategist Prashant Kishor and sent feelers to the party high command.
Finally, Jagan is learnt to have given the green signal to Amanchi’s entry as his surveys showed that the MLA had his own strength in the constituency and a lot of popularity. So, he is most likely to make an entry into YSRC in a day or two.
Weakening the ruling Telugu Desam Party is one of the many strategies the YSRC is adopting to win the elections.
The party is said to be identifying potential leaders in the TDP and lure them into the YSRC at crucial juncture. These are the leaders who have bleak chances of getting the TDP ticket in the next elections.
