Ex TDP MLA J.Nehru joined Chiru Party

Nellore Mayor Sailaja Reddy, who resigned from Congress joined Praja Rajyam Party on Wednesday in the presence of film star and party’s founder Chiranjeevi. Former TDP President of East Godavari District and Ex.MLA Jyotula Nehru, former Vinukonda MLA V Yellamanda Rao from Guntur district, also from TDP and former IAS officer from Maharashtra cadre T Chadnrasekhar hails from Guntur district also joined the new party.
Revolting against powerful Anam brothers, close associates of Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhera Reddy in Nellore district, Sailaja alleged that there was no protection and respect to women in Congress party. She had been at loggerheads with Anam brothers – Information Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy and his brother and Congress MLA Anam Vivekananda Reddy. She has been keeping off the party activities for some time now before finally calling it quits on Wednesday. Welcoming her to the party fold, Chiranjeevi said her entry into Praja Rajyam vindicated the importance that the party was according to women. Dr. Chandrasekhar, a 1987 batch officer, worked various positions in Maharashtra and was a recipient of several awards including the Prime Minister’s medal for the best civil servant. Several leaders of the TDP from Nellore, Guntur, Kadapa and other districts also joined the Praja Rajyam Party.