In an unexpected development, Bhongir Member of Parliament and senior Congress leader Komatireddy Venkat Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi further fuelling the speculation that he would soon follow his brother Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy, who resigned from the Congress and decided to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
After the meeting, Mr. Reddy, however, denied that his meeting was related to his leaving the Congress but he had sought flood relief funds to the tune of ₹1400 crore for Telangana. “I have met Mr. Amit Shah to explain the damage due to the floods in Telangana and seek funds,” he claimed.
This meeting, however, reflects the growing wedge between Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president A. Revanth Reddy and Mr. Venkata Reddy which ultimately may lead to the latter’s resignation from the Congress at a later stage though as of now he had made his intentions clear several times that he would remain in the party at any cost.
