The ruling YSR Congress received a big jolt on Monday with two senior leaders of the party giving resignation letters. While one is the sitting MLA, the other is the Assembly constituency incharge.

Mangalagiri MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy had submitted his resignation in the Assembly speaker’s office in Velagapudi. He also sent his resignation to the party as its primary member.

Ramakrishna Reddy had been very close to chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. It was said that he would be the minister when Jagan formed his first cabinet after the 2019 general elections. Even in the 2022 reshuffle also, his name did some rounds as the probable candidate to be taken into the cabinet. However, he missed the bus twice which itself was a big surprise to his supporters and those in the political circles.

One wonders what made Ramakrishna Reddy to give resignation to the Assembly seat and the party membership. However, Speaker Thammineni Sitaram told media persons that he would speak to the MLA and get to know what made him resign. He said mere submission of resignation letters is not enough to be accepted.

In Visakhapatnam, Tippala Devan Reddy also quit the party on Monday. He sent his resignation letter to the party office in Tadepalli. Devan Reddy did not cite any reason for his resignation.

Meanwhile, the party had appointed Minister for Industries Gudivada Amarnath as the incharge of the Gajuwaka Assembly constituency. The party also appointed Ganji Chiranjeevi, a BC leader, as the incharge of Mangalagiri Assembly constituency.

Sources say that there are about 50 other MLAs who would also be giving their resignations soon for both the Assembly and the party as well. Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy had already told these MLAs that he would not give them tickets in the coming 2024 general elections to the State Assembly.