The Anam family split vertically today with some of them joining the YSR Congress Party after the main two Anam brothers, Anam Ramnarayan Reddy and Anam Vivekananda Reddy, joined the TDP a few weeks back.
Anam Vijayakumar Reddy and his son Kartikeya Reddy from Nellore Rural in Andhra Pradesh today joined the Opposition party in the presence of its president and Leader of Opposition Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
In a specially arranged meeting at Kasturi Devi Gardens in Nellore, the YSRCP chief offered the Party shawls to the father-son duo, who came accompanied by a good number of their followers.
The two leaders had already announced their intention to join the YSRCP, and on Wednesday they officially became part of it.
Speaking on the occasion, Kartikeya Reddy said that they will work to strengthen the YSRCP under the leadership of Jaganmohan Reddy.
YSRCP MPs and MLAs including Mekapati Rajmohan Reddy, Y V Subba Reddy, Varaprasad, Kotam Reddy Sridhar Reddy, Kakani Goverdhan, Nallapureddy Prasannakumar Reddy and others were present.
Earlier, Jagan got a rousing reception at Nayudupeta and a few other places courtesy Anam Vijayakumar Reddy and Kartikeya Reddy when he came to Nellore by road after landing at the Renigunta airport.
The development has come as a shock to the ruling Telugu Desam Party.