Hyderabad: Munugode MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy submitted his resignation for the post of MLA to speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy on Monday at his office in Assembly. Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy accepted the resignation of Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy.

Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy offered tributes to Telangana Martyrs at Telangana Martyrs memorial at Gun Park near Assembly. Later he submitted his resignation to the speaker. After submitting his resignation, speaking to the media persons, he alleged that TRS has become a party of Telangana traitors. He said some leaders who became ministers were against statehood to Telangana.

He said that he resigned from the Congress and decided to join the BJP to launch a battle to free Telangana from the clutches of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. He said this battle would begin with the by-election to Munugode Assembly seat. He exuded confidence that the people of Munugode will deliver a historic verdict to back him in this fight against TRS and KCR.

He alleged that KCR and his family were looting Telangana. He reiterated that only Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah can put an end to the anarchic rule of the TRS.