Telugu Desam Party (TDP) senior rebel leader, former Union Minister and Mudhole MLA Venugopala Chary will join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) at the Telangana Bhavan in Hyderabad on Sunday.
The seniormost leader of the TDP, Chary, had won the elections five times, as an MP and an MLA. He was also a Union Minister when the TDP was an alliance partner of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Now with TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s flip-flop on the Telangana issue, Chary has decided to quit that party and join the TRS.
However, according to a source, his proposed entry into the TRS is being resented by some senior leaders of that party in Nirmal and Mudhole constituencies. These leaders, who have been in the TRS for the last 10 years and aspiring for MLA posts, feel that Chary’s entry may spoil their chances.
In the 2009 Assembly elections, when the TDP had an alliance with the TRS, Chary had shifted from Nirmal constituency to Mudhole consitutency and won the seat with a small margin.