Vijayawada: Telugu Desam Party and it’s chief N Chandrababu Naidu today received a major setback after TDP youth leader Devineni Avinash resigned from the post of Telugu Youth President and party Membership, and joined the ruling YSR Congress Party in the presence of Andhra Pradesh Chief minister and YSRCP President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. TDP Senior Leader Kadiyala Buchi Babu also joined YSRCP. The Chief Minister invited both of them to the party.
Avinash is said to have sent his resignation letter to the TDP state office. Along with him, Buchibabu also resigned from the TDP. Avinash is the son of TDP leader and former minister late Devineni Nehru who passed away in 2017. Speculation was rife for some days that Avinash would resign from the Party as he was unhappy with the treatment meted out to him by Chandrababu and Lokesh. It was also said that he was not given proper representation in the party after he faced defeat in the recent elections in Gudivada.
The TDP cadre is facing a crisis with senior and youth leaders leaving the TDP in dozens. Gannavaram MLA Vallabhaneni Vamsi resigned from the TDP membership last month, while the former minister and senior leader from Kadapa district Adinarayana Reddy also resigned from the TDP and recently joined the BJP.(NSS)
