Leaders of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), including the Malkajgiri MLA, Mynampalli Hanmanth Rao, former MLA Vemula Veeresham and Kumbham Anil Kumar Reddy joined the Congress in the presence of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi on Thursday.
Mr. Kharge welcomed them into the party offering the Congress scarf and assured that their services would be utilised in the elections. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy was present.
Mr. Hanmanth Rao resigned from the BRS recently after ‘abusing’ the Finance Minister T. Harish Rao, blaming him for blocking ticket to his son Rohit from Medak constituency. Mr. Rao was angry that only his name figured in the list announced by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, who retained majority of the sitting MLAs except a few. He alleged that it was done under the influence of Mr. Harish Rao.
