With all doors closed on them as far as keeping the state united, six Seemandhra Congress MPs, who had stunned the Congress high command by issuing a no-confidence notice against the UPA government in the winter session of Parliament, are said to be planning to quit the party and chart their own political course.
There is a speculation that some of them, or even a majority of them, might join the BJP to secure their political future.
The MPs are all set to embark on a two-day fast in Hyderabad from January 3.
This is aimed at putting pressure on the Assembly which is resuming the session on January 3 to reject the draft AP Reorganization Bill-2013 send by the President Pranab Mukherjee.
The MPs have also reportedly urged the members of the Assembly to adopt a resolution opposing the division of the state.
The six MPs who are planning the fast at Indira Park are Lagadapati Rajagopal, Vundavalli Arun Kumar, G V Harsha Kumar, Sabbam Hari, A Sai Pratap and Rayapati Sambasiva Rao.
It is said in political circles that Lagadapati Rajagopal, Vundavalli Arun Kumar and Rayapati Sambasiva Rao have opened communication channel with BJP even as Purandareshwari and Kanumuri Bapiraju have reportedly confirmed their berths.
Police are yet to grant permission to these MPs from Seemandhra for staging a protest at Indira Park on January 3 and 4 even as they written to city police commissioner Anurag Sharma seeking permission to hold a two-day protest against state bifurcation starting from January 3 at Indira Park.
