Summary:
VIJAYAWADA: Ruling TDP in Andhra Pradesh suffered a jolt on Monday with another MP quitting the party and joining the Opposition YSR Congress. The BJP also suffered with its sitting MLA from Rajahmundry Akula Satyanarayana quitting the party and joining Jana Sena a few weeks ago. TDP MP from Amalapuram, P Ravindra Babu, a first-timer, joined the YSR Congress, giving a jolt to AP chief minister Chandrababu Naidu.Ravindra Babu was the second MP to leave the party after Anakapalli MP Muthamsetti (Avanthi) Srinivas. It was former assembly speaker and former Congress member, Nadendla Manohar had quit the Congress and joined the Jana Sena. Former Union ministers Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy and V Kishore Chandra Deo have set the dates for switching over loyalties to the TDP in the next two weeks..