BRS loses Nalgonda, 6 councillors join Congress

Hyderabad: Weeks before the elections. the BRS lost the Nalgonda Municipal Council to the Congress on Tuesday with six party councillors including vice-chairman Abbagoni Ramesh switching sides. The six councilors joined the Congress in the presence of senior Congress leader Komatireddy Venkat Reddy.

With the councillors joining the Congress, the party has 26 members in the council while the BRS has 14. The BJP has six, MIM one and others one.

“We are in a majority in the council now. Many sarpanches, MPTCs have joined the Congress. The entire state is seeing Opposition leaders join the Congress. The lacklustre manifesto has left the BRS rank and file disillusioned,” Venkat Reddy said. He said the party would win all 12 seats in the erstwhile Nalgonda district area.

He said G. Jagadish Reddy would lose from Suryapet as he did not not respect his cadre. “People are averse to the BRS. Chander Rao, a close relative of KCR will join the Congress. Our leader Uttam Kumar Reddy met him today. We will cross 80 to 90 seats in the Assembly polls for sure,” the Congress MP said.