Eluru Mayor quits YSRCP, rejoins TDP

Amaravati, Aug 27 (IANS) In a blow to the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), its leader and Eluru Mayor Sheikh Noorjahan and her husband S.M.R. Pedababu joined Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday. The couple, along with some other leaders of the YSRCP, joined the ruling party in the presence of Education Minister and TDP General Secretary Nara Lokesh.Local MLA B. Radhakrishnayya (Chanti) was also present.Lokesh welcomed the Mayor, her husband, and other leaders into the party at his residence at Undavalli here. This is the homecoming for Noorjahan and her husband as they had quit the TDP to join the YSRCP five years ago. Noorjahan entered