BRS leaders Godam Nagesh, Sitaram Nayak, Saidy Reddy, and Jalagam Venkat Rao, and Srinivas Gomase, who was with the Congress, joined the BJP.
Four BRS leaders and a Congress leader from Telangana joined the BJP on 10 March, as the ruling party looks to boost its Lok Sabha tally in the southern state. Those who joined the party are Godam Nagesh and Sitaram Nayak, both former MPs, former BRS MLAs Saidy Reddy and Jalagam Venkat Rao, as well as Congress man Srinivas Gomase.