Another senior YSR Congress Party leader and former minister Kothapalli Subbarayudu is to join the ruling TDP in Andhra Pradesh.
Subbarayudu, the president of the YSR Congress in West Godavarai, said at Narsapuram that he had decided to join the TDP as he was attracted by the development works taken up by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.
He said that he would shortly announce the date of his joining the TDP.
Subbarayudu today earlier today held a meeting with his followers and supporters at Narsapur and sought their suggestions. It was reported that his followers and well-wishers supported his decision to join the TDP.
The YSR Congress made frantic efforts to retain Subbarayudu, with Party MLC Pilli Subhashchandra Bose rushing to the district and trying to contact him, but it has apparently been in vain.