After the planned programmes cancelled due to inclement weather in Telangana, several leaders of Mahabubagar district joined the Congress in New Delhi in the presence of All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday (August 3).
Former Minister and suspended BRS leader Jupally Krishna Rao was welcomed into the party by Mr. Kharge at his residence along with several leaders from the erstwhile Mahabubagar and Nizamabad districts. Mr. Jupally, who was a Minister in the Y.S. Rajashekhar Reddy government and also in the K. Chandrashekhar Rao government after the formation of Telangana, decided to leave the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) a few months ago.
The former BRS leaders had earlier planned to join the Congress at a public meeting to be held at Kollapur in the combined Mahbubnagar district in the presence of Priyanka Gandhi. However, the programme was cancelled twice due to inclement weather.
