Big Jolt To BRS In Bhadradri District As Many Join Congress

With a huge number of elected representatives of the Bhadradri Kothagudem district announcing that they would join the Congress, the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) suffered a major setback in the district today.

Bhadradri ZP Chairman Koram Kanakaiah announced his resignation from the BRS. Along with him, a huge number of his supporters, including some elected representatives, also forwarded their resignation letters to the party.

Many of these were from the Yellandu Assembly constituency, where a ZPTC, 56 village sarpanches and 26 MPTCs announced their resignations from the ruling party and extended their loyalty to the Congress.

Speaking at a press conference, Kanakaiah said that he along with former MP Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy would be joining the Congress at a public meeting to be held in Khammam on Sunday, July 2.

He also said that thousands of people from the Yellandu Assembly constituency would be joining the Congress in the public meeting.