For quite some time, there had been reports that former MP from Rajahmundry and an intellectual face in Andhra Pradesh politics Vundavalli Arun Kumar might return to active politics by joining the YSR Congress party just before the general elections.
Though he has not been associated with any political party since he was expelled from the Congress party for opposing the bifurcation of combined Andhra Pradesh, Vundavali has not retired from politics, but has been raising his voice against the anti-people policies of the Telugu Desam Party president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
He has also been moving closely with YSR Congress party leaders and is learnt to be advising YSRC president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on several important issues whenever there is an opportunity.
With elections to the state assembly and Lok Sabha fast approaching, Vundavalli too has decided to step up his political activity.
As part of the strategy, he has called for an all-party meeting in Vijayawada on January 29 to discuss about injustice done towards Andhra Pradesh after state bifurcation.
Vundavalli said he had invited as many as seven political parties to the meeting to preparare a common agenda and plan of action to fight against the Centre to secure justice to the state through implementation of the AP Reorganisation Act in letter and spirit.
Interestingly, YSR Congress party has refused to attend the meeting called by Vundavalli, much to his surprise.
He criticised that certain political parties were not in a position to question the Centre about injustice meted out to Andhra Pradesh, apparently referring to YSRC which might be looking for a post-poll alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
However, it is not known whether the Telugu Desam party would be sending any representative to the Vundavalli’s all-party meeting.