Hyderabad, May 25 — The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Friday suspended its former MP M.V. Mysoora Reddy for indiscipline after he met YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.
TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu announced the suspension.
Mysura had been sulking ever since he was denied a second term in Rajya Sabha by the TDP in March this year and had been staying away from the party affairs even in his home district. He skipped Chandrababu's recent tour of Kadapa district for campaigning for byelections in three constituencies. His son has already joined the YSRC and talk was that Mysura too would follow suit.
Incidentally, Mysura contested unsuccessfully against Jagan in the byelection to Kadapa Lok Sabha seat in May last year. Hailing from Kadapa district, Mysura was a strong Congress leader along with (late) Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and served as the state Home Minister in early 1990s. After YSR became Chief Minister in 2004, he quit Congress and joined TDP and was nominated to Rajya Sabha in 2006.
A shrewd leader, Mysura was said to be the one who dug out some corruption scandals under the YSR regime. It is learnt that Mysura will be offered a key position in YSR Congress.
Mysoora Reddy, a former home minister, drove to Jagan's residence and met him for an hour before the latter went to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office over corruption cases against him.
Mysoora Reddy, who contested against Jagan and lost the 2011 Lok Sabha by-election at Kadapa, has been sulking ever since the TDP did not renominate him for the Rajya Sabha this year.
Mysoora Reddy had quit the Congress and joined the TDP before the 2004 general elections due to differences with Jagan's father Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
Reacting to his suspension, Mysoora Reddy told reporters that he had already quit TDP and hence the suspension held no meaning.
He alleged that the Congress, TDP and CBI had colluded to implicate Jagan in false cases.
"Unable to fight Jagan politically, they have joined hands to implicate him. I have come out to raise my voice against this injustice," he said.
"I know Jagan since his childhood. He has people's support and I am ready to help YSR Congress in whatever way I can," he added.
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