13 TDP MLA's are in touch with YSRCP, Says MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy

YSRCP MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy has said that thirteen TDP MLAs are ready to join the YCP unconditionally. He claims that MLAs have said to be interested in joining the YCP despite conditions. "If Chandrababu has the opposition status, it is only by Jagan's virtue, " Kotamreddy opined.

In 2024, there will be competition between the YCP and BJP with TDP limiting to third place. Earlier, he said that he had 8 MLAs in touch. At the same time, the politics of colonialism is currently running in AP. While leaders of the TDP and BJP are joining the YCP, the Narasapuram YSRCP MP Kanumuri Raghuramakrishnan Raju is looking to join the BJP. Former minister Ganta Srinivasarao who tried to defect into BJP now seems to be in consultation with YCP leaders.

It is rumoured that he and another TDP MLA from Vishakha will join the YCP. It is being debated that Gottipati Ravikumar and Eluri Sambasivara Rao of Prakasam district will give up on TDP. It is in this backdrop that Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy's comments have gained prominence.