BJP leaders resign as ex-Cong minister selected Andhra chief
After BJP appointed former Congress minister Kanna Lakshminarayana as the party's Andhra Pradesh chief and MLA Somu Veerraju as state convenor of the election management committee, two local BJP local leaders resigned from their positions. Several other BJP leaders threatened to resign if Veerraju was not appointed as the party chief. Kanna had served Congress for over 30 years.