Radha set to join YSRC

                                                            

Guntur, April 01:

Former PRP leader Vangaveeti Radha Krishna will be joining the YSR Congress Party. He has met Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is here on his Odarpu Yatra on Friday night and expressed his wish. He has got clearance from Jagan.

Mr. Radha Krishna was defeated by Congress candidate and long time rival Malladi Vishnu by a few hundred votes in Vijayawada Central Assembly constituency which constitutes a large part of the erstwhile Vijayawada East Constituency. Vijayawada East Constituency was a stronghold of the Vangaveeti family. The electorate of the constituency elected Mr Radha Krishna's father Mohana Ranga Rao and his mother Ratna Kumari on more then one occasion.

Mr Radhakrishna and Mr Vishnu have several skirmishes over being the heir's of Mohana Ranga Rao's legacy.

While one group of Congress leaders tried to get back into the fold when PCC president Botcha Satyanaryana came to the city the second group opposed it. This led to a clash between Congress workers and Radha Krishna's followers closing the doors for his entry.

After dilly-dallying with joining YSRCP Mr Radha Krishna seems to have finally made his mind. Though there was hectic activity at his house whole day on Sunday Mr Radha Krishna is not available for comment. The Radha Mitra Mandali, an organisation of his followers, announced at the end of the day that it had given him the green signal to join YSR Congress.

There is also no indication on the how and where he is going to join the new party.

Radha was accompanied by former minister and East Godavari leader Jakkampudi Rama Mohan Rao’s son Jakkampudi Raja, brother Chinni, Sunkara Chinni and others. They had discussions with Jagan for over an hour in the residence of former MLA Mekathoti Sucharita.
Radha told the media later that he would be joining the YSRC. Radha was in the Congress and also was MLA from Vijayawada East constituency. He later joined the PRP. After the party was merged in the Congress, he has been away from politics.