BRS working president K T Rama Rao today predicted that by-elections would be held in the Banswada Assembly constituency soon, and that the people would teach a fitting lesson to the rebel MLA of the party Pocharam Srinivas Reddy who switched sides.
Party cadres from the constituency called on K T Rama Rao at his Nandinagar residence in the city today. Speaking on the occasion, KTR said that it was a loss for Pocharam to leave the party and not the other way round. He said that Pocharam was respected in every way in the BRS, and that winning on the back of the hard work of the BRS workers and then leaving the party for selfish reasons had hurt the workers a lot.
KTR said that those who betrayed the party in difficult times, no matter how big they were, would definitely not be spared by the workers.
He also promised that he would soon hold a meeting with the party rank and file in Banswada, including Prashanth Reddy and other senior party leaders.
"Though the leaders have cheated the party and left, the workers have not left the party. The activists are the backbone of the BRS," KTR said.
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