In what could be termed as a shot in the arm of the Telugu Desam Party-Jana Sena Party (JSP) combine, the sitting YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MLA Arani Srinivasulu on Match 3 (Sunday) confirmed that he would join the JSP, while former MLA C.K. Jayachandra Reddy alias C.K. Babu announced his support to the TDP candidate for Chittoor Assembly constituency Gurajala Jagan Mohan.
Mr. Srinivasulu told The Hindu that he met Jana Sena president Pawan Kalyan in Vijayawada and expressed his desire to contest from Tirupati as the party candidate. “I was meted out an injustice in the YSRCP. I felt ditched by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy who earlier offered me a Rajya Sabha seat, but reneged on his promise,” said Mr. Srinivasulu, a leader belonging to the dominant Balija community.
The YSRCP MLA said that he would “do his best” for the victory of the TDP candidate in Chittoor Assembly constituency.
