Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 5 (ANI): The Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) legislators deserting the party and joining the Congress continues in Telangana. Six BRS sitting members of the Legislative Council joined the ruling party on Thursday night.
The MLCs joined the Congress in the presence of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy at his official residence.
The MLCs who joined the Congress are Dande Vital, Bhanuprasad Rao, MS Prabhakar, Boggaparu Dayanand, and Egge Mallesham.
AICC in-charge for Telangana Deepa Munshi and state minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy were also present at the CM’s residence when the MLCs joined the party.
After the drubbing in the Assembly election early this year, BRS has seen many of its leaders, including MLAs, join the ruling Congress, which won a landslide victory in the election.
On June 28, Bharat Rashtra Samiti MLA from Chevella, Kale Yadaiah, joined Congress.
Yadaya joined the party in the presence of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and AICC in-charge Deepadas Munshi in Delhi.
Earlier, Jagtial BRS MLA Sanjay Kumar also joined the Congress party at the residence of the Chief Minister.
BRS leaders Kadiyam Srihari, Danam Nagender, Tellam Venkat Rao, and Pocharam Srinivas Reddy had also joined the Congress earlier. (ANI)
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