Telangana sources added that Ex minister and one of the Congress senior leaders DK Aruna has sprung a major surprise as she managed to stop the defiant leader and MLC K Damodar Reddy from joining the ruling TRS. Accordingly Kuchukulla Damodar Reddy, who has been sulking over the entry of Nagam Janardhan Reddy into Congress and strongly opposing Nagam since both belong to the same Mahabub Nagar district, was planning to join the TRS in the presence of KCR.
Meanwhile the plans of TRS leaders to lure Damodar Reddy were not fruitful with the timely intervention of DK Aruna. Moreover given that DK Aruna has good hold and Damodar Reddy obeys her, she met Damodar Reddy for one on one meeting for more than one hour at the residence of a Congress senior leader. Accordingly DK Aruna convinced Damodar Reddy that he will get due recognition in the party and would also provide opportunity to fight elections in 2019.
Moreover with this, Damodar Reddy has now dropped
his plans to switch the party. Hence Minister Harish Rao has been
entrusted to 'poach' many senior leaders including Reddy from the Congress who
has strong hold in Mahabubnagar district.
