Two-time BRS Boath MLA Rathod Bapu Rao has quit the party and also the Legislative Assembly, peeved over the denial of party ticket and has joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of Northeast Region and Telangana BJP president G. Kishan Reddy, Rajya Sabha MP K. Laxman and other senior leaders in New Delhi on Wednesday.
“I quit my job as a teacher to join the Telangana agitation and got elected twice with the blessings of my people after joining the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). Unfortunately, I have been denied the ticket this time without being assigned any reason and all my efforts to meet the top leadership has been in vain,” he told the media.
Mr. Bapu Rao said he was also attracted to the BJP because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to develop the country and the importance he has been giving to the tribal people, including making Draupadi Murmu the President of India and recently announcing the setting up of the national tribal university at Mulug.
