Now, it is more or less certain that the Telangana Telugu Desam Party is going to become empty in a day or two.
Out of 15 MLAs elected on the TDP ticket in Telangana in 2014 polls, 10 MLAs had already joined the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
Of the remaining, four MLAs abstained from the Telangana TD Legislature Party meeting convened by party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday.
While L B Nagar MLA R Krishnaiah has been staying away from party activities for quite some time in the name of BC welfare association meetings and student conventions, the remaining three – Sattupalli MLA Sandra Venkata Veeraiah, Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath and Serilingampalli MLA Arekapudi Gandhi abstained from the meeting without any information. These three are expected to join the TRS in a day or two.
This does mean only Kodangal MLA A Revanth Reddy will have to represent the TDP in the Assembly. Since he has been attacking the TRS hammer and tongs, he has no place in the ruling party. What else can he do alone in the TDP?
Indications are that he might prefer the Bharatiya Janata Party to safeguard his political survival, if Naidu decides to wind up the TDP in Telangana in the next couple of years. There is also a talk that he might even join the Congress to consolidate the Reddy vote bank in Telangana.
