Finally it is official.Telugu Desam Party suffered a severe jolt in Telangana with TDP senior leader Tummala Nageswara Rao resigning for the party.
Just ago Tummala announced that he will be leaving the party and submitted his resignation to Party chief Chandrababu through fax.
MLC Balasani Lakshminarayana and Khammam district TDP President Konda Bala Koteswara rao, ZP Chairperson Kavitha and DCCB Chairman Vijay Babu also resigned to the party.Tummala’s resignation will leave the TDP severely handicapped in Khammam, one of the very few districts where the TDP has some support base.
Rumours of Tummala’s switching loyalties were agog for quite some time now.Although he first declared that he would take a final call after five days, he sent his resignation on Saturday itself.Tummala made a tearful announcement about his resignation along with his supporters
Tummala hails from strong Kamma community and TRS reportedly lured him by offering cabinet post.
Tummala served as minister for Heavy Water Irrigation Projects and Excise minsiter under Chandra Babu Naidu.
Tummala met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandra Sekhar Rao the other day.On the other side, TRS Party sources say that Tummala is joining their party on September 5th.0
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