Kiran Kumar Reddy's brother Kishore joins arch rival Telugu Desam

Hyderabad: Mr Kishore Kumar Reddy, the younger brother of former Congress Chief Minister of undivided AP Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, announced on Thursday that he was joining the ruling Telugu Desam in AP, which has hitherto been the arch rival of the Nallari family in the politics of their home district, Chittoor. 

Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy had met AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi a few months ago in Delhi and had been given certain assurances, but this was not enough to prevent his brother from joining hands with the TD. Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy had tried to convince his brother to wait for some time before both of them could together join a ‘national party’. Mr Kishore Reddy said that he was under pressure from people in his constituency to join the TD.

Speaking to this newspaper, Mr Kishore Kumar Reddy said he had spoken to Mr Chandrababu Naidu and conveyed the message that he was joining the Telugu Desam. A formal meeting will be organised in Pileru with all my supporters and we will all join." Referring to his elder brother's advice to wait a little longer, Mr Kishore Kumar Reddy said, “National politics may suit my brother as he was the Chief Minister, but when I toured the Pileru constituency recently, 85 per cent of my supporters asked me to join the Telugu Desam.”