In the latest incident in the defections saga unfolding in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Khammam MLA Puvvada Ajay Kumar, belonging to the Congress, is all set to defect to the TRS.
Sources in political circles say that Puvvada is likely to embrace the TRS just before the Party plenary at Khammam, in the presence of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, on April 27.
Puvvada today held a meeting with his supporters and discussed his political decision.
The TRS is organizing the Party's plenary at Khammam later this week - conincidentally, a by-election is scheduled to be held on May 16 for the Palair Assembly constituency, located in the Khammam district.
Meanwhile, Congress Legislature Party leader K Jana Reddy reportedly spoke with Puvvada and asked him to re-consider his decision.
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