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Former Andhra CM Kiran Kumar Reddy joins BJP weeks after leaving Congress
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:
New Delhi: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Friday.
Reddy, who served as the last Chief Minister for undivided Andhra Pradesh, joined BJP in the presence of union minister Prahlad Joshi, general secretary Arun Singh and MP K Laxman at a function organized at the party headquarter.
Earlier on March 13, 2023, Reddy sent a letter to the Congress' national president Mallikarjun Kharge. "Please accept this letter as my resignation from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress," he wrote in a letter.
Reddy became Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister on November 11, 2010, but resigned on March 10, 2014, to protest against the Congress party's decision to bifurcate the state.
The former CM had resigned from the Congress party in 2014 too, to protest against the then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh and carve out Telangana.
He formed his own party 'Jai Samaikyandhra' and even fielded candidates in some constituencies in the 2014 elections. In 2018, he rejoined Congress after meeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (with ANI inputs)