MLC Kasireddy joins Congress in New Delhi
The Hindu
Kasireddy Narayana Reddy joins Congress in the presence of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge. He was accompanied by followers and leaders from BRS. He is expected to contest from Kalwakurthy constituency.
Member of Legislative Council of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) Kasireddy Narayana Reddy joined the Congress party in the presence of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi on Friday.
He was accompanied by his followers and leaders from the BRS from the combined Mahbubnagar district. Mr. Kharge welcomed him into the party offering the party scarf.
Mr. Narayan Reddy earlier announced his decision to quit the BRS apparently unable to digest that he was not offered the Kalwakurthy Assembly ticket of the BRS as the party retained the sitting MLA, Jaipal Yadav. In fact, he made an attempt to contest in 2018 itself but was asked by the party to wait.
After announcing his resignation in a letter written to the BRS chief and Chief Minister, K. Chandrashekhar Rao, Mr. Narayan Reddy said he was convinced with the six guarantees of the Telangana Congress announced by Sonia Gandhi at a public meeting in Hyderabad on 17 September, 2023 after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting.
He met Telangana Congress president, A. Revanth Reddy and expressed his desire to join the party. The party apparently also asked him to meet former Kalwakurthy MLA and AICC Secretary (Organisation) Vamshichand Reddy and seek his support as well. Mr. Vamshichand also extended his support before Mr. Narayana Reddy went to New Delhi to join the party.
Mr. Narayana Reddy is expected to contest from Kalwakurthy constituency and reportedly got assurance from the party though the Congress is yet to announce its list. Before joining politics, he established Brilliant Grammar Schools across the city and other parts of the state.
The new entrant into Congress is likely to further strengthen the Congress party in the combined Mahbubnagar district which already has several stalwarts. The party is hoping to win big in this district, where the Chief Minister recently inaugurated the first pump of the Palamuru Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS).
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