BRS’ cup of woes continue to spill over after one more MP quits
The Hindu
Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi faces mass exodus as sitting MPs defect to Congress and BJP ahead of elections.
hyderabad
The cup of woes of the Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) appear to be spilling over continuously ever since the party has been voted out of power in December last with one more sitting MP of the party, this time Dr. G. Ranjith Reddy from Chevella, calling it quits due to changed political circumstances in the State.
He too is expected to join the ruling Congress following Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy visiting him in his residence here on Saturday. The quitting of Mr. Ranjith Reddy takes the number of sitting MPs of BRS leaving the party in over a month to 5 out of 9.
The BRS MPs B. Venkatesh Netha (Peddapalli), P. Ramulu (Nagarkurnool), B.B. Patil (Zaheerabad) and P. Dayakar (Warangal) have deserted the party already. Mr. Venkatesh and Mr. Dayakar have joined the Congress, while Mr. Ramulu and Mr. Patil have joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Of the remaining four, three have been retained by the party leadership to contest their seats again – N. Nageswara Rao (Khammam), M. Kavitha (Mahabubabad) and M. Srinivas Reddy (Mahabubnagar), while K. Prabhakar Reddy (Medak) has resigned as MP after getting elected to the Assembly from Dubbak constituency.
Not only the sitting MPs but nearly a dozen of the BRS MLAs have also met either the Chief Minister or other key leaders of the Congress setting off a speculation that they too are in line to leave the party “at a right time” to avoid attracting the provisions of Anti-Defection Law. The law specified that the elected members of a party could avoid disqualification, if at least the two-thirds of them decide to leave the party.
With the BRS has a tally of 39 including the Secunderabad Catonment seat falling vacant after newly-elected G. Lasya Nanditha died in a road accident last month. By-election to the seat is scheduled to be conducted along with the Lok Sabha polls.
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