Confirming the rumours of his imminent quitting from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy sent his resignation and announced his decision to join the Congress.
In his letter, Mr. Reddy, a former Congress MLA, said he had decided to leave the BJP realising that the party was not serious about taking on the BRS government that was increasingly getting unpopular in Telangana. He said people want a change in Telangana and the State should be freed from KCR’s family rule. People feel only Congress was capable of defeating the BRS, he said, while revealing his decision.
Later, addressing a press conference, he said that he would join the Congress on October 27 in the presence of Rahul Gandhi. He is likely to contest from Munugode where he won the 2018 elections and resigned in 2022 to force a by-election. He contested on the BJP ticket but lost to the BRS candidate in the high-voltage and high-stakes election that caught the nation’s attention.
