Jolt To BRS As GHMC Deputy Mayor Decides To Join Congress

Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the BRS received another setback in Hyderabad with its GHMC Deputy Mayor Srilatha Shobhan Reddy deciding to join the Congress.

The Deputy Mayor and her husband Shobhan Reddy, who is now the president of the BRS labour wing, on Saturday announced their resignations from the BRS' primary membership.

Both are likely to join the Congress in the presence of AICC Telangana in-charge Deepadas Munshi in Hyderabad on Sunday.

According to Congress sources, along with Srilatha Reddy, another six BRS corporators in the GHMC are likely to join the Congress.

Meanwhile, former GHMC Mayor and ex-MLA Teegala Krishna Reddy has also decided to join the Congress. The BRS leader, and his daughter-in-law and Rangareddy ZP chairperson Teegala Anitha Reddy, paid a courtesy call on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy at his residence and expressed their interest in joining the Congress.

Former MLC and senior dalit leader D Rajeshwar Rao also called on Revanth Reddy and decided to join the Congress.