Revanth, Komatireddy call on Jupally and Ponguleti; declare Congress wave will hit BRS

Telangana Congress leaders A. Revanth Reddy and Komatireddy Venkata Reddy officially invited BRS defectors Jupally Krishna Rao and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy after visiting their homes

The public meeting to be held in Khammam to announce former Khammam MP Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy joining the Congress party will be the start of the end for Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, said Telangana Congress president A. Revanth Reddy.

The meeting will be a wave that will hit the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) and it will never recover, he said speaking to reporters after calling on Mr. Srinivas Reddy to request him to join the Congress party. The realignment of Congress forces is on, and this was just a start for the collapse of the BRS government, he declared.

Earlier, along with Bhongir MP, Komatireddy Venkata Reddy and senior leaders, he visited the residence of Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) suspended leader Jupally Krishna Rao officially inviting them to join the party.

Though Mr. Jupally, a former Minister in both the Congress and BRS governments, and Mr. Srinivas Reddy, a former MP, have not officially declared that they would join the Congress party, it is a foregone conclusion that they have chosen the Congress path to defeat the BRS party. They will conduct public meetings in their respective districts — old Mahabubnagar and old Khammam and formally join the party. Before that, they will meet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi.

The Congress leaders were treated to sumptuous lunch by Mr. Krishna Rao at his residence, where other BRS leaders and their sons joined. Those who attended the luncheon meeting included Rajesh Reddy, son of Damodar Reddy, BRS MLC; Gurunadh Reddy, former MLA; Arikela Narsa Reddy, former MLC; Muddappa, MPP Kodangal; and Jagdish Reddy, Kodangal Municipal Chairman, among others.

The leaders discussed the need to edge out BRS from Telangana and how there was a need to bring back all the old Congressmen into the party as the BRS had “failed Telangana while the family flourished”. Later, they went to the residence of Mr. Srinivas Reddy and invited him to join the party along with his supporters.

Mr. Revanth Reddy said all those who joined the TRS (now BRS) with the hope that their areas would be developed by the KCR government feel cheated now. And, they want to come back to the Congress. Mahbubnagar leaders, the Congress claims, feel cheated as their district was neglected, and all the present-day development is attributed to the Congress.