HYDERABAD
Pumping of funds in a bypoll by the ruling party is the bait that Congress MLA Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy is throwing to the cadre while trying to convince them to sail with him whenever he joins the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In the series of meetings he is holding with his followers, Congress leaders and the cadre in the Munugode constituency after he announced his desire to join the BJP to defeat the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), the rebel Congress MLA is harping on this factor after seeing some opposition to changing the party. Several of his key followers are against joining the BJP as it is not a force to reckon with in the region and that contesting on BJP ticket is a huge political risk.
