The Congress party in Telangana, which is on a weak footing following the desertion of several MLAs and senior leaders in the last one month, is set to receive yet another setback.
Former minister and senior party leader from Medak Sunitha Laxma Reddy is learnt to have decided to resign from the party and join the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi shortly.
According to party sources, Sunitha has already met TRS president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and struck a deal for joining the TRS. In all probability, she will announce a formal decision by Monday evening.
It appears the TRS leadership is hell-bent on decimating the Congress completely in Telangana.
Soon after the Lok Sabha elections, some more Congress MLAs are expected to make a beeline to Pragati Bhavan and the grand old party will be left with half a dozen MLAs in the assembly.
If the Congress can win at least a couple of MP seats, it can regain its lost prestige at least to some extent.
But if the TRS wins all the 16 MP seats, the Congress will totally crumble, as many leaders, who are disgruntled with the style of functioning of present PCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy, are looking at the TRS as an alternative.
And the Congress party will soon get disintegrated, which is what KCR wants!