Former Union minister Venugopal Achary joins Congress

Venugopal Achary joined Congress in the presence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who is also the president of the TPCC.

ByPTI

Published Apr 17, 2024 | 12:36 AM ⚊UpdatedApr 17, 2024 | 12:38 AM

File photo of Samudrala Venugopal Chary. (Wikimedia Commons)

In a shot in the arm for the ruling Congress in Telangana, BRS leader and former Union minister S Venugopal Achary joined the party on Tuesday, 16 April.

Venugopal Achary joined Congress in the presence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who is also the president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC), party sources said.

Venugopal Achary had served as MLA and a minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh and also as Union minister (MoS) on behalf of TDP in the government headed by then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Meanwhile, former MLC and BRS leader Rajeshwar Rao also joined Congress, the sources added.

BRS has seen a number of leaders leaving the party to join either the Congress or BJP in recent weeks. While BRS MLAs Danam Nagender and Kadiam Srihari and Hyderabad Mayor Vijaya Laxmi R Gadwal joined Congress, BRS MPs BB Patil and P Ramulu joined the BJP.

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