Disgruntled YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader from Gannavaram Assembly constituency Yarlagadda Venkata Rao on August 18 (Friday) announced that he was quitting the ruling party and would like to join the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) given an opportunity by its national president N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Mr. Venkata Rao openly said that Mr. Naidu should give him the ticket to contest as the TDP candidate from Gannnavaram if he considered him a worthy candidate.