Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former MP A.P. Jithender joined the Congress party along with his son on Friday evening and was immediately appointed as the Government’s Special Representative in New Delhi and Adviser to Government (Sports Affairs) in the status of a State Minister rank.
Mr. Jithender Reddy was an aspirant for the Mahabubnagar ticket from the BJP, but was denied in favour of another senior D.K. Aruna. A peeved Mr. Reddy was approached by the Congress immediately with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy himself calling on him at his residence on Thursday.
