BRS leader threatens to quit party if denied ticket

Hyderabad Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former mayor of Greater Hyderabad, Teegala Krishna Reddy has threatened to quit the party if he is not given ticket from Maheshwaram constituency in the upcoming Assembly elections.

The former MLA also found fault with Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for taking education minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy, who had contested against him as Congress candidate in 2018 elections. Krishna Reddy has been unhappy ever since Sabitha Indra Reddy switched loyalties to TRS (now BRS) along with some other Congress leaders in 2019. Chief Minister KCR rewarded her with a Cabinet berth.

In 2018, Krishna Reddy contested from Maheshwaram on TRS ticket but lost to Congress party’s candidate Sabitha Indra Reddy. Krishna Reddy had served as mayor of Greater Hyderabad from 2002 to 2007. He was elected from Maheshwaram constituency on Telugu Desam Party (TDP) ticket in 2014.