Hours after announcing his decision to quit the BSP Praveen Kumar has dropped hints that his chances of contesting from Nagarkurnool parliamentary constituency are still open.
Sources close to the former IPS officer said that he is likely to hold a meeting with his supporters in a day or two. “I am open about entering the fray from Nagarkurnool whether as an independent or backed by like-minded party,” he is understood to have told his close aides. Indications available suggest that in case he decides to enter the field as an independent, the BRS leadership is likely to extend full support to him.
The former BSP State chief reportedly told his supporters that intense pressure was mounted by the party’s top leadership to announce cancellation of the poll tie-up with the BRS. “How can I renegade on the open alliance with BRS? What will happen to my credibility?” he reportedly told his aides.
