Hours after Mangalagiri MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy quit the party and the Assembly seat, former MLA Kandru Kamala said that she is in the race for the party ticket. She said she would consider what the party would decide.

“I will make a decision based on the party’s move on giving tickets to anyone. I strongly oppose the new entrants being entertained with the party ticket,” Kandru Kamala told the media persons. She said that she is in the race for the ticket and would not accept new entrants given the party ticket in the coming elections.

She felt that resignation was the personal decision of Ramakrishna. She felt that Ramakrishna Reddy must have sat with Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and resolved the issues. “The MLA is very close to the chief minister. He should not have resigned,” the former MLA said.

Kamala said that the MLA had kept her away from the party activities in the constituency. She also alleged that the MLA never invited her to the party programmes in the constituency in the last four-and-a-half years.

“My role is there in his election in 2019. He did not win the seat on his own. I did my part of the work. My supporters have also voted for him,” Kamala said. She said that she had a considerable number of supporters in the constituency who have been loyal to her. She also claimed that it was not possible for anyone to win the seat without her support.

This would mean that the dissent voices are rising now with the resignation of MLA Ramakrishna Reddy and Gajuwaka Assembly constituency incharge Devan Reddy. This farmer MLA’s threat is also a clear warning to the ruling YSR Congress. It is to be seen how the party leadership would handle these dissent voices as elections are fast approaching.