Leaders and workers belonging to the ruling TRS and the opposition BJP today joined the Y S Sharmila-led YSRTP.
The Vice-President of the Maheswaram Assembly constituency of the ruling TRS Edama Mohan Reddy joined the YSRTP along with his supporters.
Similarly, senior BJP leader belonging to the Malakpet Assembly constituency Ravikumar Chouki and BJP Trader Cell city president Naveen Rao also joined the YSRTP along with their supporters.
Sharmila welcomed them all into her party.
Speaking on the occasion, Mohan Reddy said that he would work hard to strengthen the YSRTP in Telangana.
He pointed out that the former CM of undivided AP Y S Rajasekhar Reddy had turned agriculture into a booming sector, and had come to the rescue of the farmers of the state by offering free power, loan waivers and subsidy schemes. He added that YSR was also responsible for the launch of the Aarogyasri cashless healthcare scheme offering expensive medical treatment free of cost to the poor people of the state.
He said that he was considering it his good fortune to work under the leadership of Sharmila.
Naveen Rao and Ravi Kumar said that the people of the state were facing a lot of problems in the TRS rule, and that the opposition parties had failed in cornering the ruling party, leading to their choosing the YSRTP.
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