Hyderabad : Congress legislator from Telangana K Rajgopal Reddy on Monday submitted his resignation as MLA of Munugode to Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy.
The Speaker's office confirmed that the resignation has been accepted.
Reddy, who had recently quit the Congress, would be joining the BJP on August 21, according to sources in the saffron party. "The result of the by-election to Munugode will be historic. The result will bring in change in Telangana politics," Reddy said after tendering the resignation.