After Anakapalli MP Avanti Srinivas and Amalapuram MP Pandula Ravindra Babu, stage is set for the defection of yet another Telugu Desam Party MP – Thota Narasimham from Kakinada – into YSR Congress party.
It was only a week ago that Thota had met TDP president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in Amaravati and told him categorically that he won’t be able to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Kakinada again, as he was not keeping good health.
He asked Naidu to give the MLA ticket to his wife Thota Vani from Jaggampet assembly constituency in East Godavari district, which he had represented in the assembly twice in the past.
Sources said it was just an excuse, as Thota has already made up his mind to jump into the YsRC. He knew pretty well that Naidu would not give the party ticket to his wife from Jaggampet, as the ticket was already promised to senior leader Jyothula Nehru, who had defected from YSRC to TDP a couple of years ago.
Since Naidu would anyway reject the ticket to his wife, Thota has given indication that he would jump into the YSRC, as it has fair chances of coming to power.
On Tuesday, Thota met former minister and YSR Congress party senior leader Botsa Satyanarayana at his residence at Veeravaram in Kirlampudi mandal in East Godavari district.
Both the leaders had the decision for nearly 30 minutes. After taking a concrete assurance from YSRC president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, Thota will make a formal exit from the YSRC.
