TDP will be deserted after Local Body elections: Nandikotkuru MLA Arthur

Nandikotkuru MLA Arthur said that Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had decided to close liquor stores before the polling, which is the most appreciated decision that is nowhere seen in the country. He asserted that CM Jagan decision of holding elections in the villages without distribution of money and liquor.

On Tuesday, several TDP leaders joined the YSRCP in the presence of MLA Arthur at the YSR Congress Party office in Nandikotkur of Kurnool district.

Speaking to media later, Arthur has expresses his confidence of YSRCP winning 90 per cent of seats in Local Body Elections. He emphasised the development activities carried out by the YSRCP government headed by Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy. The MLA said that the party would clean sweep the elections and give a gift to the chief minister. "After the elections, the Telugu Desam Party will be deserted with YSRCP winning all the seats, " Arthur said.

On Tuesday, the exodus from TDP to YSRCP continued with various party leaders shifting loyalty to the YSRCP. The TDP, on the other hand, crying foul over the latest party defections and alleging the YSRCP of conspiracy launched by the ruling party to defeat the TDP.