Hyderabad sources reported that day after Lok Sabha member Konda Vishweshwar Reddy quit the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) citing 'disappointment' at various levels, AICC in-charge of Telangana, R C Khuntia Wednesday said he would join the Congress. Accordingly Khuntia told Reddy met Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Delhi and expressed his desire to join the party and earlier Reddy would formally join the party on November 23 at a Congress campaign rally at Medchal.
Furthermore the TRS Lok Sabha member from Karimnagar, B Vinod Kumar said, "It's unfortunate that Vishveshwar took that decision (to quit TRS). Kumar, the deputy floor leader of TRS in Lok Sabha, told when asked if Reddy's decision would have an impact on TRS prospects in the December seven Assembly elections in Telangana "I don't think so”. Meanwhile in a setback to the TRS ahead of the Assembly polls, Reddy had quit the party Tuesday.
Moreover in a letter to the TRS president and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Reddy said he was disappointed with the ruling party at various levels. Further Reddy listed disappointments at five levels personal, injustice to karyakarthas (those) who worked for Telangana statehood, constituency, state and party in the letter.
