Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MP BB Patil from Zaheerabad in Telangana joined the BJP in New Delhi on Friday. This is the second MP from the BRS to join the saffron party in the last tw days.
A day earlier, Nagarkurnool BRS MP Pothuganti Ramulu also switched his allegiance to the BJP.
The two-time MP commended the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he joined the BJP. Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the party’s Telangana in-charge Tarun Chugh and its OBC morcha chief K Lakshman were present at the event.
Patil told reporters that PM Modi has vision for the development of India and that is why the country has seen so much of work in the last 10 years, adding that the PM is known to be the “most trusted leader” globally.
He praised the Modi government for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Article 370 abrogation, banning triple talaq, and giving free Covid-19 vaccines, among others.
“For the development of my parliamentary constituency and Telangana, there is no other option than taking this step. We need funds and work from the Centre. Definitely we got a lot of help from the Modi government,” he said.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar said Patil’s vote of confidence in Modi’s leadership reflects the popularity the PM enjoys across the nation.
Meanwhile, Chugh claimed the BRS is finished party now and it is left only with former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, his son K T Rama Rao and daughter K Kavitha, adding that BRS leaders are fed up with the family’s nepotism and corruption.
After the recent loss in the Telangana Assembly elections, several BRS leaders quit the party to join the BJP or the Congress, which is in power in the state now.
Ramulu, his son Bharat Prasad and some other BRS leaders had joined the BJP on Thursday.