Giving another shock to the ruling Congress party, its MLA Gottipati Ravi Kumar, who represents the Addanki constituency in Prakasam district, called on YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in the Chanchalguda Jail here on Monday.
Talking to media persons after meeting Jagan, Ravi Kumar announced that he would join the YSRCP soon. Accusing the state government of diluting the welfare schemes introduced by former chief minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, he said that those schemes could be revived only if Jagan was made the next Chief Minister. He also alleged that Jagan's arrest and imprisonment was illegal. (INN)