Congress MP resigns, to join Chiranjeevi party

Hyderabad, Aug 17: Congress MP from Narsapur in Andhra Pradesh, C Harirama Jogaiah, today quit the party and Lok Sabha membership to join Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi's new party.

Mr Jogaiah, who has been openly associating himself with the Chiranjeevi camp for long, resigned from the party soon after the film star announced his entry into politics.

According to party sources, the Congress leader sent in his resignation letter to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. He had already announced that he would leave the Congress once Chiranjeevi officially made his entry into politics.

UNI