Senior Congress leader and former minister T Jeevan Reddy may call it quits to the party, as he has given enough indications to the party following the murder of his close associate Maram Ganga Reddy at Jagitial on Tuesday morning.
Jeevan Reddy, presently a member of state legislative council, has been upset with the party ever since his bitter rival in the constituency and MLA Sanjay Kumar defected from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi to the Congress a few months ago.
The veteran Congress leader, who has been associated with the party for over four decades, was angry with chief minister A Revanth Reddy for admitting Sanjay into the party without consulting him.
Jeevan Reddy alleged that Sanjay has been harassing him politically in Jagitial since the BRS days. He has been complaining that he and his followers have been facing threat to their lives from the supporters of Sanjay.
So, when his aide Ganga Reddy was murdered by one Santosh, who happens to be a supporter of Sanjay, the Congress leader fumed at the Revanth Reddy government for failing to protect the Congress leaders in Jagitial and encouraging defection of his rivals.
He said he was vexed with State leadership as he and his followers were being humiliated repeatedly over different issues and were undergoing mental trauma.
The MLC staged a protest on the road and vented his ire over the Congress leadership. All the attempts by TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud and Congress Whip Adluri Laxman to console the MLC turned futile.
Though, the Congress whip accompanied the MLC in the protest on the road, he was not convinced.
“I am vexed and tired of this humiliation. I do not want you and your party,” Jeevan Reddy said openly in public.
Speaking to media persons, the MLC said he has been complaining about the lethargic attitude of the police in protecting his supporters in the constituency.
“The situation has come to a stage, where we are to introspect about our position in Congress party. In the guise of Congress, BRS leaders are subjecting us to lot of inconvenience,” Jeevan Reddy slammed.
Referring to the turncoat leaders’ entry into the Congress, he said the situation in many constituencies was worrisome. Leaders were repeatedly questioning about our position in the party.
“We are staunch followers of the Congress and have immense respect towards Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. Today, Gangareddy’s death is a personal loss to me,” said an emotional Jeevan Reddy.
The worst part was despite raising these issues with party leadership there was no respite.
“Why should I continue in politics? I will rather serve the people through an NGO,” Jeevan Reddy said.