Former Chittoor MLA and YSR Congress leader C.K. Jayachandra Reddy, known as C.K. Babu, is believed to be making moves to join the Telugu Desam Party if his visiting the residence of TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu in Hyderabad on Wednesday is any indication.
Senior TDP leaders based in Chittoor told The Hindu that Mr. Babu tried for an appointment with Mr. Naidu, but could not get the same due to latter’s busy schedule.
A TDP Rajya Sabha member from Rayalaseema is said to have assured the Chittoor strongman that his entry into the TDP would be made a smooth affair and any opposition from the local TDP leaders would be scuttled. On the other hand, Mr. Babu’s rivals claim that the TDP president had declined appointment to him.
C.K. Babu, a four-time MLA who dominated Chittoor politics for the last two-and-a-half decades, stayed away from 2014 elections, and joined the YSR Congress. Though he campaigned for the YSRC candidate Jangalapalle Srinivasulu, the latter was defeated by the TDP candidate D.A. Satyaprabha.
In addition to this, C.K. Lavanya, Mr. Babu’s spouse, was defeated in the Chittoor Municipal Corporation elections recently.
