NIZAMABAD: Despite his reported differences with party’s leadership, veteran politician and MP will not be quitting TRS any time soon. Instead, if one has to believe the sources, the senior leader from Nizamabad has been working for Congress from within TRS and will continue to do so till the pink party decides to take official action against him.
DS, as he is popularly known as, had quit Congress back in 2015 to join the TRS. However, he is reported to be unhappy with the pink party leadership’s indifferent attitude towards him and off late has been seen interacting with the top leaders of the grand old party, including senior leaders in Delhi. According to local leaders, DS has initiated efforts to unite his supporters in Nizamabad Urban and Nizamabad Rural Assembly constituencies and has been urging them to support Congress candidates in December 7 Assembly elections.
He is reported to have conducted lengthy meetings with his supporters on Tuesday and Wednesday, during which he stressed the need to support Grand Alliance in the coming elections. Sources also revealed that though the veteran leader wants to resign as an MP, he has decided against it. “DS wants TRS to take action against him and only then he will react,” one leader said. “Some of his supporters have already joined Congress recently,” he said.
Meanwhile, Srinivas’s strong supporter P Showbha speaking to Express, said: “Srinivas has been interacting with various people and trying to influence them in Nizamabad Urban and Rural. This exercise will fetch expected results in elections.”DCC chief Taher Bin Hamdan, who be contesting from Nizamabad Urban is said to have met D Srinivas and during their interaction DS assured them that his supporters will work for Congress.