A couple of days after announcing that he was returning to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Gadwal MLA Bandla Krishna Mohan Reddy on Thursday changed his mind and did a somersault again into the Congress.
State excise minister Jupally Krishna Rao went to the residence of Krishna Mohan Reddy in the morning along with other MLAs in the district and convinced him to stay back in the Congress.
Apparently, Jupally conveyed the message of chief minister A Revanth Reddy that the party and the government will take care of all the political and personal interests of Krishna Mohan Reddy, if he doesn’t return to the BRS.
Later, Krishna Mohan Reddy attended the press conference along with Jupally and others. The minister told the reporters that the Gadwal MLA had met the BRS leaders in the assembly lobbies only out of his old acquaintances, but not joined the BRS.
He said Krishna Mohan Reddy would remain with the Congress and not join any other party, including the BRS.
It was only on Tuesday that the Gadwal MLA met with BRS Working President K Taraka Rama Rao and other leaders at the BRS Legislature Party office on the assembly premises and expressed his desire to rejoin the party.
He had joined the Congress party on July 6 in the presence of Chief Minister and TPCC President A Revanth Reddy and other leaders. However, he was reportedly unhappy with the party and regretted his decision.
During his meeting with KTR, Krishna Mohan Reddy requested permission for "Ghar Wapasi" (homecoming), which was accepted.
BRS leaders expressed hope that a majority of the nine other MLAs who had switched loyalties to the ruling Congress would also return to the BRS fold.
Krishna Mohan Reddy was part of a group of former BRS MLAs who made the switch, including Kale Yadaiah (Chevella), Pocharam Srinivas Reddy (Banswada), Sanjay Kumar (Jagtial), Danam Nagendra (Khairatabad), Kadiyan Srihari (Station Ghanpur), and Tellam Venkat Rao (Bhadrachalam).