In a move that would realign politics in Khammam district, Telangana Congress chief A. Revanth Reddy met former Minister Tummala Nageshwar Rao at his residence in Hyderabad and invited him to join the Congress.
Mr. Rao, once the number two in the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) government in the combined Andhra Pradesh, is sulking ever since the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) denied ticket to him from the Palair constituency. Kandala Upender Reddy, who was elected from the Congress in 2018 and defected to the BRS, is once again nominated by the ruling party.
Feeling ignored and insulted, Mr. Rao displayed his strength with a huge car rally in Khammam town with thousands of his followers but so far has refrained from criticising Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao with whom he shares a long relationship from their TDP days.