Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy’s resignation accepted

Nellore MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy’s resignation was accepted by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Tuesday, February 28.

On Wednesday, Lok Sabha Secretary-General T.K. Viswanathan spoke to the media about the resignation acceptance of Nellore MP. Viswanathan says earlier LS speaker had a discussion with Mr. Rajamohan Reddy to know the reasons behind his resignation. After the meeting, Meira has accepted his resignation.

A statement is also released by Lok Sabha regarding this issue. Mekapati resigned to his MP protesting the induction of the name of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in the FIR by the CBI against YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets.

Yesterday, Mekapati said he is not feeling sad for leaving the congress. He decided to stand by with Jagan Mohan Reddy and Jagan’s leadership skills motivated him to join YSR Congress. He announced that he will contest in Nellore parliament elections as YSR Congress party candidate.

First, Rajamohan contested from Narasaraopet MP Constituency in 2004 and won with huge majority. In 2009, he contested from Nellore and continued his victory. He resigned to MP membership on August 26, 2011. He has been named as strong supporter of YSR Congress party. With his dismissal, strength of Congress members in Lok Sabha from AP has come down to 31 from 32. Previously, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy resigned to the membership of parliament on November 29, 2010. Jagan established YSR Congress and won from Kadapa in the by-election with over 5 lakhs majority and returned to Loksabha on May 13, 2011.