District Congress Committee president B.Y. Ramaiah joined the YSR Congress in the presence of its president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in Hyderabad.
Later, Mr. Ramaiah told the media that he quit the Congress and joined the YSRC which had the people’s support.
New DCC chief
DCC vice-president P. Lakshmi Reddy, a close aide of former Union Minister Kotla Jayasuryaprakash Reddy, assumed charge as the new DCC president.