Big Jolt To Jagan Mohan Reddy Led YSRCP; 8 Rajya Sabha MPs To Quit Party

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): In a major blow to the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP, eight of the party's Rajya Sabha members have decided to quit the party. Four of the defectors are likely to join Chandrababu Naidu led TDP while four others will join the BJP.

Sources said that Mopidevi Venkataramana Rao and Beda Mastan Rao, who represent the YSRCP in the Rajya Sabha will submit their resignation papers on Thursday with the Rajya Sabha Chairman. Besides Venkataramana Rao and Mastan Rao, six more YSRCP MPs are likely to resign from the YSRCP as per reports. Out of these eight who are preparing to resign, four are looking towards the TDP and the rest four will join the BJP.

There are a total of 11 seats in the Rajya Sabha for Andhra Pradesh. After the YSRCP came to power in the state in 2019, YSRCP leaders were elected to the Rajya Sabha in all 11 seats in the three-phase elections. In terms of numerical strength, it became the fourth largest party in the Rajya Sabha.

It is learnt that Rajya Sabha MPs Mopidevi Venkataramana Rao and Beda Mastan Rao recently met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief M Chandrababu Naidu and expressed their willingness to join the party. The entry of the MPs into the TDP is seen as a big blow to Jagan Mohan Reddy and YSRCP and a boost to the TDP which will now make a re-entry into the Rajya Sabha where it had no representation.