Telangana: 3 Cong MLAs quit in Andhra,join TRS

The ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday suffered a setback as three of its MLAs quit the party and joined the TRS to protest delay in formation of separate Telangana state.

T Rajaiah from Station Ghanpur in Warangal district,Jupally Krishna Rao of Kollapur in Mahabubnagar district and Somarapu Satyanarayana from Ramagundam in Karimnagar district joined the TRS in the presence of party president K Chandrasekhar Rao. Satyanarayana,an independent MLA,was an associate member of the Congress in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.

The very purpose of resigning from Congress is to build pressure on the Congress high command and also on the ministers and MLAs of Congress from Telangana, Krishna Rao told reporters here,hitting out at the state ministers from Telangana region for not quitting their posts.

Welcoming the MLAs into the party fold,Chandrasekhar Rao said many more leaders were likely to join the TRS.