Medchal-Malkajigiri District Congress Committee (DCC) president Nandikanti Sridhar, who recently quit the Congress, formally joined the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Hyderabad on Wednesday.He was accompanied by several other senior Congress leaders and public representatives who joined the BRS in significant numbers.
The move could change the political equations in Malkajgiri constituency.
Sridhar’s decision to leave the Congress was rooted in his dissatisfaction with the party’s leadership, particularly after Mynampally Hanumanth Rao and his son Rohith Rao joined the Congress.
The father-son duo were given assurance that they will be floated from the Malkajgiri and Medak assembly constituencies.Sridhar had been eyeing the Malkajgiri seat for a long time.
Hanumanth Rao and his son formally joined the Congress in Delhi in the presence of senior AICC leaders recently.
KT Rama Rao, the working president of the BRS and a minister, extended a warm welcome to Sridhar.
He acknowledged Sridhar’s long-standing dedication to the Congress but emphasised that Sridhar had decided to change his allegiance due to perceived injustices.
Rama Rao assured Sridhar and his supporters that they would be duly recognised for their contributions to the BRS.He urged all BRS leaders in the Malkajgiri constituency to work together cohesively to secure victory for the party’s candidate.
