<p>In a major setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its legislature from Andhra Pradesh Akula Satyanarayana has sent his resignation letter to the state party president. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The BJP MLA from Rajahmundry Urban has reportedly told news agency ANI that he will also be tendering ''my resignation letter to state Assembly speaker on Monday. I will join Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena Party''.</p>

<p>Andhra Pradesh goes to the simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls in May.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Satyanrayana represented Nagaram constituency of East Godavari district in the state assembly. He is likely to get the JSP ticket for the state assembly or the Lok Sabha seat as Pawan Kalyan is facing shortage of senior and credible candidates, reports said.</p>

<p>The BJP MLA's resignation comes at a time when the saffron party is facing a lot of opposition from the people over the failure of the centre to grant Special Category status to Andhra Pradesh.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Akula Satyanarayana, BJP MLA from Rajahmundry Urban has sent his resignation letter to the state party president. He said to ANI, "will also be tendering my resignation letter to state Assembly speaker on Monday. I will join Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena Party." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AndhraPradesh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AndhraPradesh</a> <a href="https://t.co/BG1jgKVRiZ">pic.twitter.com/BG1jgKVRiZ</a></p>
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In a major setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its legislature from Andhra Pradesh Akula Satyanarayana has sent his resignation letter to the state party president.

In a major setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its legislature from Andhra Pradesh Akula Satyanarayana has sent his resignation letter to the state party president. The BJP MLA from Rajahmundry Urban has reportedly told news agency ANI that he will also be tendering ''my resignation letter to state Assembly speaker on Monday. I will join Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena Party''. Andhra Pradesh goes to the simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls in May. Satyanrayana represented Nagaram constituency of East Godavari district in the state assembly. He is likely to get the JSP ticket for the state assembly or the Lok Sabha seat as Pawan Kalyan is facing shortage of senior and credible candidates, reports said. The BJP MLA's resignation comes at a time when the saffron party is facing a lot of opposition from the people over the failure of the centre to grant Special Category status to Andhra Pradesh. Akula Satyanarayana, BJP MLA from Rajahmundry Urban has sent his resignation letter to the state party president. He said to ANI, "will also be tendering my resignation letter to state Assembly speaker on Monday. I will join Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena Party." #AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/BG1jgKVRiZ — ANI (@ANI) January 20, 2019 ×

Setback for BJP in Andhra Pradesh as party MLA quits

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Setback for BJP in Andhra Pradesh as party MLA quits