Inching closer to the Congress party, suspended Bharat Rashtra Samiti leaders Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, former minister Jupally Krishna Rao and BRS MLC G. Gurunatha Reddy, along with others, met the All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary Rahul Gandhi at New Delhi on Monday and expressed their willingness to join the party.
Days after the State Congress leaders met these leaders to formally invite them to join the Congress party, Mr. Srinivas Reddy and Mr. Krishna Rao along with their supporters reached New Delhi on Sunday evening.
At a meeting in the AICC office on Monday evening, these leaders flanked by the AICC in-charge Manikrao Thakre, TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Komatireddy Venkata Reddy, K. Jana Reddy, Madhu Yashki, Md. Ali Shabbir and Mahesh Kumar Goud and others, were formally welcomed to join the party.