Leader of Jagan Reddy’s Party Changes Name After Losing To Pawan Kalyan

Amravati: Mudragada Padmanabham, a senior YSRCP leader officially changed his name to ‘Padmanabha Reddy’ as per his promise during the election campaign.

He had declared that he would change his name if he failed to defeat Pawan Kalyan in the recently held Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh. The septuagenarian political leader was defeated by Pawan Kalyan in the Pithapuram Assembly constituency.

Keeping his promise, he changed his name. “Nobody forced me to change my name. I have changed it on my own volition,”  Reddy told newsmen.

But he alleged that the fans of Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan were abusing him. “The youth who love you (Kalyan) are incessantly dropping expletive messages. In my view this is not right. Rather than abusing, do one thing…eliminate us (all family members),” he said.

Reddy, a former minister joined the YSRCP a few months before the elections.