Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA from Banswada Pocharam Srinivas Reddy on Wednesday faxed his resignation letter to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, thereby paving the way to join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS),
Pocharam had announced in January that he would leave the TDP to fight for the self-respect of the people of Telangana. He resigned from the primary membership of the party, and the MLA seat, officially on Wednesday, protesting against the party chief's attitude towards Telangana.
Pocharam intended to join TRS in a public meeting in Banswada, in the presence of TRS President K Chandrasekhara Rao, yesterday evening.
"I will continue the agitation for the Telangana state formation after submitting my resignation to the TDP President," he said.
Pocharam also revealed that he had voted for TRS candidate Mohd. Mahmood Ali during the Legislative Council elections, violating the Whip issued by the TDP.
Reddy had earlier declared that he wanted to part ways with the TDP as he believed that the separate Telangana statehood demand would never be realized if it was left to the party. He had said that he was dissatisfied with Chandrababu Naidu as he had failed to make his party's stand clear on the Telangana issue.