In what could be a major jolt to the Congress Senior most leader and former Minister Kasu Krishna Reddy, his son K Mahesh Reddy switched loyalties to YSR Congress Party.In a swift political development, Mahesh rushed to YSR Congress party President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s residence in Lotus pond in Hyderabad and held discussion on his official joining the party in the one to one meeting.
Leaders says Mahesh will join Jagan party at a mammoth public meeting organised in his native town Narasaraopet in Guntur district on December 16. A large number of supporters of his father will also join YSR Congress in the meeting.
Political circles says the senior Congress leader Krishna Reddy will lose his dominance in his constituency as his son already developed a strong cadre on his own after Reddy was defeated in 2014 election. Mahesh will also be given the responsibility strengthening of YSR party in Guntur.