TRS NRI cell convenor joins Congress
The Hindu
‘New entrant will strengthen the party’
Convenor of TRS NRI cell in the United States, Abhilash Rao joined the Congress, along with his supporters in the presence of TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy and other senior leaders.
Mr. Abhilash Rao, hailing from Kollapur constituency, was welcomed by the Congress chief. Former Minister G. Chinna Reddy, former MP Mallu Ravi, Telangana Youth Congress president Shivasena Reddy and TPCC senior vice president Vem Narender Reddy were among those present.
Welcoming Mr Rao into the party, Mr. Revanth Reddy said Mr Rao’s services would strengthen the party and he had joined the party disgusted with the kind of politics Telangana Rashtra Saithi (TRS) was playing at the cost of erstwhile Mahabubnagar district.
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