I’m prodigal son of Congress: Ex-Andhra MP on return to party

By Sharon Thambala Amaravati, Nov 27 : At a time when hordes of former Congress stalwarts in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are abandoning the party to salvage their political futures, a former Member of Parliament (MP) from Rajamundry plunged back into the party recently.
G.V. Harsha Kumar, 61, former Amalapuram MP declared his allegiance to Congress and the Gandhi family for the second time in the presence of former Kerala chief minister Oomen Chandy, Pradesh congress committee (PCC) president Sailajanath, Telangana Congress leader V. Hanumantha Rao, Koppula Raju and others.
“I am the prodigal son of Congress. It is true and the party hugged me like the father of a prodigal son,” he asserted on being taken back into the party’s fold and Gandhis care.
He said Rao played an active role in the reconciliation, followed by Raju showering with him with love, a close aide of Rahul Gandhi.
“Next is Koppula Raju, I cannot forget his love. With his encouragement I could come back to the party,” said the two-time MP from the scheduled caste (SC) reserved constituency.
According to Kumar, after Congress lost power in 2014, poor people in the country are going through difficulties while the corporates are rising with plundered booty being fed to them.