Vijayawada: Disgruntled Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and Vijayawada MP Kesineni Srinivas alias Nani resigned from his party membership as well as Lok Sabha MP on Wednesday. He sent an email to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announcing his resignation as a Vijayawada MP.

Subsequently, speaking to a media person, Kesineni said that he had been suffering humiliation in the party for a long time but he was silent for the sake of the constituency. He also said that he believed in party chief Chandrababu Naidu's leadership but “now it's clear that he is a fraud,” he said. The two-time MP from Vijayawada added that, “Chandrababu has caused turmoil in my family, and it's time for me to part ways."

Earlier in the day, Kesineni met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and later declared that he would soon join his YSR Congress Party (YSRCP).

This development comes after the TDP leadership conveyed to him that he will not be fielded as the party candidate in the coming Lok Sabha elections. The opposition party has hinted at fielding Nani’s brother Kesineni Srinath alias Chinni as the party candidate from Vijayawada.

టీడీపీలో నాకు తీవ్రమైన అవమానాలు జరిగాయి. సిట్టింగ్ ఎంపీని అయిన నన్ను చెప్పుతో కొడతాను అని ఒక నాయకుడు మాట్లాడాడు అంటే అలాంటివాళ్లను పార్టీ ఎంతలా ప్రోత్సహిస్తుందో చూడండి. నన్ను కార్పొరేషన్ ఎన్నికల్లో ప్రచారానికి కూడా రావద్దని చంద్రబాబు చెప్పారు.

-విజయవాడ ఎంపీ,కేశినేని నాని… pic.twitter.com/b6MwesCMYx
— YSR Congress Party (@YSRCParty) January 10, 2024

On January 8, Nani’s daughter Kesineni Swetha on Monday resigned from the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and also declared that her journey with the TDP had come to an end. She stated that she could not stay in the TDP which insulted her father.