BRS suffers setback, another MLA joins ruling Congress in Telangana

కాంగ్రెస్ లోకి జగిత్యాల బీఆరెస్ ఎమ్మెల్యే సంజయ్ కుమార్.

జూబ్లీహిల్స్ నివాసంలో కండువా కప్పి పార్టీలోకి ఆహ్వానించిన ముఖ్యమంత్రి రేవంత్ రెడ్డి గారు.

ఈ కార్యక్రమంలో మంత్రి పొంగులేటి శ్రీనివాసరెడ్డి గారు పాల్గొన్నారు.@revanth_anumula pic.twitter.com/zpIsfPakpS

— Telangana Congress (@INCTelangana) June 23, 2024

Sanjay Kumar, a doctor by profession, was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the second time.

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Recent exodus from BRS

Kumar joining the Congress came close on the heels of senior BRS MLA and former Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy switching over to the grand old party on 21 June.

The Congress has already spirited away three legislators of the BRS and one of them — Danam Nagender — was the grand old party’s candidate from the Secunderabad constituency in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

He, however, lost the election to Union Minister and BJP leader G Kishan Reddy in the recent general elections.

The other two BRS legislators who migrated to the Congress camp were Station Ghanpur MLA Kadiam Srihari and Badrachalam legislator Tellam Venkat Rao.

With the induction of Sanjay Kumar, the number of BRS MLAs who switched loyalty to Congress rose to five.

There are reports that the Congress leadership is in talks with more BRS MLAs to shore up its strength in the Assembly.

Besides these MLAs, several other BRS leaders, including Hyderabad Mayor Vijaya Laxmi R Gadwal, have also joined the Congress.

There have been speculations that more BRS MLAs would join the Congress in the days to come.

(With PTI inputs)

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