Rajagopal Reddy lets cat of out of bag

Hyderabad: Making his intentions clear regarding his decision to quit the Congress and join the Bharatiya Janata Party, Munugodu MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy on Tuesday said his objective is to defeat Telangana Rashtra Samithi and for this reason he has decided to join the saffron party.

Addressing the media, he said that he was unable to do justice to the people by continuing in the Congress and this was the reason for his decision to join the BJP. He said the BJP leaders had invited him to join their party and he met its leader Ram Madhav twice.

He said his joining the BJP was 100 per cent sure. "I told 10 days before that BJP would be the only alternative to TRS," he said.

Rajagopal Reddy alleged that due to the mistakes of party State affairs in-charge R C Khuntia, the Congress failed to come back to power for the second time.

Rajagopal Reddy said that if their family has any financial problems, they would have joined the TRS. He said the BJP would grow in the State.

The youth of the country wanted a strong leadership. He said that he had taken the decision to join the BJP keeping the long-term interests of the state in view and there were no personal interests.