BRS Suffers Major Jolt in Telangana, 6 Party MLCs Join Congress

Hyderabad: Opposition BRS in Telangana suffered a major jolt as six of its MLCs joined the ruling Congress late on Thursday night. These BRS MLCs joined the Congress at the residence of CM Revanth Reddy, who is also the PCC president of Telangana.

The six MLCs who switched over to the Congress are: Dande Vithal, Bhanu Prasad Rao, M S Prabhakar, Boggarapu Dayanand, Yegge Mallesham and Baswaraju Saraiah, Congress sources said.

With the fresh defections, Congress’ strength is set to go up to 10 in the Legislative Council.

Following its defeat in the Assembly polls in 2023, several leaders of the BRS including six MLAs had left the party.

Telangana Legislative Council earlier had 25 BRS members and four from the Congress. There are four nominated MLCs, two members from AIMIM, one each from BJP, PRTU, and one independent, while two seats are vacant in the 40-member House.

Six BRS MLAs joined the Congress after the Assembly polls last year and speculation is rife that more would switch sides to the ruling party in the days to come.