Rapaka Varaprasad, former MLA from Razole constituency in Andhra Pradesh, has announced that he will soon resign from the YSR Congress party. Amid rumours that he is planning to seek shelter again under Janasena after deserting the party in 2019, Rapaka clarified the has not made any such attempts so far and also denied the claims that he will rejoin in it.
Rapaka surprised everyone when he appeared in the meeting of Janasena party on Sunday afternoon in Konaseema district. His presence at the event sparked widespread outrage among Janasena supporters and there has been a huge discussion that he might come back into the party. Janasena supporters started attacking Rapaka and also the party high command for allowing him to take part in the meeting. However, he later clarified that he hasn’t announced his decision to join Janasena again.
Rapaka Varaprasad is the sole MLA of Janasena in 2019 when the party suffered a humiliating defeat. Immediately after the first assembly session, he defected into the ruling YSR Congress party and also criticised Pawan Kalyan and this infuriated Janasena supporters. Pawan Kalyan also openly condemned Rapaka’s betrayal. He was later suspended from the party.
In 2024, Rapaka didn’t get ticket from Razole as Jagan fielded TDP’s Gollapalli Surya Rao under YSR Congress party ticket. Rapaka expressed disappointment over denial of MLA ticket and decided to quit the party. But, he was offered MP ticket from Amalapuram Loksabha by YSRCP. However, he lost to TDP’s Ganti Harish.
Now, he decided to resign from the party. In a video byte released just a while ago, Rapaka stated that he was unwillingly fielded as MP by Jagan and said that he knew the result even before the elections. As Janasena doors are closed for Rapaka, he might choose to join TDP or BJP.
Janasena MLA from Razole Devi Varaprasad clarified that Rapaka attended the meeting just to express his support for the lecturers of Malikipuram college, but there is no political angle in his presence there.
