The last Chief Minister of the undivided Andhra Pradesh N Kiran Kumar Reddy is likely to return to the Congress fold in a few days. This is said to be the direct consequence of AICC President Rahul Gandhi telling the rank and file to woo back leaders who left because of the party’s role in the bifurcation. Gandhi told the media that leaders who joined the YSR Congress also would be brought back.
Reddy would meet former Kerala Chief Minister and AICC person incharge of Andhra Pradesh Oommen Chandy in Hyderabad on July 1. Chandy is coming to attend a wedding in the family of Congress leader T Subbarami Reddy.
Kiran Kumar Reddy, the last Chief Minister of integrated Andhra Pradesh till 2014 had quit the party in a huff in protest against the party’s decision to support the bifurcation and carving of Telangana State.
Amid the speculations that Reddy was keen to end his political hibernation and return to Congress Oommen Chandy, general secretary incharge of Andhra Pradesh affairs met him at his residence in Hyderabad last night and invited him to join the party.
Kiran Reddy, who belongs to Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh had after quitting Congress had launched his own Samaikya Andhra party but it failed to click. Except occasional speculations that BJP was trying to lure him, Reddy remained out of new and away from active politics for the last four years while Congress continues to be marginalized in the state politics despite a handful of party leaders like N Raghuveera Reddy keeping the party flag aloft
After the hour long meeting Kiran Kumar Reddy told the media that he would take a decision at an appropriate time.
Oommen Chandy said that the country was passing through a crucial time and the Congress president Rahul Gandhi had invited all the former Congressmen to return to the party and strengteh it for the sake of the nation.