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Cong MLA Veera Siva Reddy to join TDP

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Press Trust of India Kadapa (AP)
G Veera Siva Reddy, sitting Congress MLA from Kamalapuram constituency and a close associate of former Chief Minister and Jai Samaikyandhra Party president N Kiran Kumar Reddy, today announced that he would join the TDP.

Speaking to reporters at Proddatur, he said he would meet the TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu in three days and join the party.

"I am not aspiring for any ticket (to contest the upcoming elections) or post. I decided to switch over to TDP to defeat the YSR Congress Party," he said.

Reddy claimed that only Naidu can develop residual Andhra Pradesh.

"For the development of the state, I am joining TDP," he added.

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First Published: Mar 20 2014 | 5:02 PM IST

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