Even though the All India Congress Committee (AICC) is keen on Y.S. Sharmila, president of YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP), joining the grand old party, once led by her father late Y.S. Rajashekhar Reddy, there is confusion over whether she would merge YSRTP or join Congress formally.
Reliable sources said she had a long conversation with AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal recently in New Delhi supported by Telangana Congress leaders including Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkata Reddy, making her entry easy and controversy-free.
The loyalists of Y.S. Rajashekhar Reddy, the late Chief Minister of the combined Andhra Pradesh, are keen on bringing her onto the Congress platform to tap the YSR fans’ base in Telangana which is quite huge. The strong YSR loyalists in Telangana backed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the last elections due to various factors including the Congress poll-alliance with the Telugu Desham Party (TDP).
