Former MLA of erstwhile Vepanjeri Assembly constituency R. Gandhi on February 5 (Monday) quit the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), alleging oppression of the Dalits in Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Gandhi was a TDP MLA between 1994 and 1999 before joining the YSRCP in 2011. Addressing the media here, Mr. Gandhi said that he would be joining the TDP in the presence of the party’s national president N. Chandrababu Naidu during the “ Raa Kadali Raa” programme at Gangadhara Nellore on February 6 (Tuesday).
“I tried to get an appointment of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, but I could not succeed even once in the last 12 years. I called Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s secretary last month, seeking an appointment but I did not get any response,” he said.