Congress, TDP leaders to join party  The Telangana Rashtra
Samiti (TRS) is expecting seven MPs and ten MLAs from the
Congress and 16 MLAs from the TDP from Telangana region to jump
to its side ahead of the elections.  Party sources named the MPs
as Ponnam Prabhakar, G. Vivekanand, Gutha Sukhender Reddy,
Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy, Madhu Yaskhi Goud, S. Rajaiah and
Manda Jagannatham. They had contacted the TRS leadership to
explore the possibility of joining the party after resigning as
MPs.  These MPs are reportedly disillusioned at the Congress
high command ignoring their struggles for separate Telangana.
However, Mr. Rajagopal Reddy dropped hints about his inclination
towards the YSR Congress which is steadily gaining a foothold in
Nalgonda. He represents Bhongir Lok Sabha constituency in that
district.  Mr. Rajagopal Reddy’s brother and ex-Minister Venkat
Reddy is among the ten Congress MLAs whom the TRS expects to
rope in. The latter has already announced his decision to resign
from Congress. The TRS sou