Kotagiri Sridhar To Join YSRCP 

Hyderabad, Jan 15: Impressed by the functioning of YSR Congress Party, former TDP minister Kotagiri Vidyadhar Rao's son Kotagiri Sridhar on Sunday met Leader of Opposition YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and expressed willingness to join the Party.

Kotagiri Sirdhar, the son of former TDP minister who was considered to be number two to NTR when TDP was in opposition, called on YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at the latter’s residence and held talks along with senior leaders including Pilli Subashchandra Bose and others.

Later speaking to media Sridhar said, "after seeing the way YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been conducting his role as Leader of Opposition, I am very much impressed and am sure that he would become chief minister and win a mandate in the 2019 elections."

"I will be formally joining the party at a public meeting  to be held at Dwaraka Tirumala in West Godavari district on January 29, he said.

Subashchandra Bose said that Sridhar comes with a complete understanding of the developments in West Godavri district and his presence would strengthen the party very much.