Roja negates joining Congress NEW

Was Roja really interested in Congress?


There have been speculations over leaders from non-Congress parties joining the Congress for over two months. Rumors have also been doing rounds across, generating much heat in the political circles about the defections.

The Opposition Telugu Desam, Telangana Rastra Samithi, Praja Rajyam and the CPI-M have blamed the Congress, particularly the Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, for encouraging defections in the Opposition parties. They have also named it as “Operation Akarsh” wherein the Congress was attracting more leaders from the TRS and Telugu Desam.

Though the Chief Minister Dr Reddy, the Finance Minister K Rosaiah and the APCC president, D Srinivas, have denied the charge, it was believed that the Congress was engineering defections in the Opposition parties to weaken them.

Now, to the surprise of every one, the Chief Minister himself had admitted about a defection, which rocked the State politics. The Chief Minister, while admitting that there have been feelers from Opposition leaders seeking entry into the Congress, revealed that the Telugu Mahila president, R K Roja, herself sought entry into the party.

Roja, a firebrand leader in the TD, who grabbed much attention during the elections with her comments against Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan, is equally opposed to the Congress. But, the statement by the Chief Minister himself gives strength to the news.

However, Roja had denied having given feelers to join the Congress and said she was opposed to the Congress politics and would continue to be anti-Congress.
Now, the option before the public is who is to be believed.