Bhadrachalam BRS MLA Tellam Venkat Rao Joins Congress

Venkat Rao was the only BRS legislator from Khammam district, and is the third MLA to defect after Danam Nagendar (Khairatabad) and Kadiam Srihari (Station Ghanpur).

A number of BRS leaders and activists also joined the Congress along with Venkat Rao, who was asked by Revanth Reddy to take up more development works and boost Congress activities in his constituency.
Meanwhile, in Kamareddy, Bibipet mandal BRS leaders joined the Congress in the presence of senior leader Mohd Shabbir Ali.

Among them were Edulla Indrasena Reddy, vice-president of DCMS, Tirupati Reddy, district dairy chairman, former sarpanch Venkata Goud, vice-MPP K. Ravinder Reddy and sarpanches Venkatarao, Valipi Ram Reddy, Uppunutala Ramana Goud and Matta Srinivas and Gadi Lingam.