While joining the BJP, Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy said his family had been in the Congress for the last seven decades but he found no reason to continue that legacy any more.
N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, the last Chief Minister of unified Andhra Pradesh (AP), joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Prahlad Joshi, party’s national general secretary Arun Singh and OBC Morcha national president K. Laxman at New Delhi on Friday.
A fierce critic of bifurcation of AP whose views were apparently ignored by the Congress high command, Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy had famously said that ‘no match is over until the last ball is bowled’ suggesting that, as an acclaimed batsman who played first class cricket matches before entering politics, he would do his best to keep the State united.
While joining the BJP, Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy said his family had been in the Congress for the last seven decades but he found no reason to continue that legacy any more, having realized that the party was not learning from its mistakes in spite of losing power in one State after another while BJP grew from strength to strength under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J.P. Nadda.
