In a significant blow to the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led party, six Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLCs joined Congress late on Thursday night in the presence of Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.
According to the Telangana Legislative Council website, currently, BRS has 25 members and Congress has four. There are four nominated MLCs, two members from AIMIM, one each from BJP, PRTU, and one independent MLC, while two seats are vacant in the 40-member house.
With the fresh defections, Congress’s strength is set to go up to 10 in the legislative council.
The MLCs joined the Congress soon after Revanth Reddy returned from a two-day trip to Delhi on Thursday night.
The party-hopping of BRS leaders comes at a time when Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, who is also the Telangana Congress president, is making trips to Delhi to discuss Cabinet expansion as well as finalise his successor for the state chief’s post. He is likely to hold discussions with the All India Congress Committee (AICC) top brass in this regard, Indian Express reported.