BRS leaders suffocating due to lack of democracy in party: Congress' Prabhakar Rao
Hyderabad: Telangana Congress MLC MS Prabhakar Rao on Saturday took a swipe at the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) claiming that the party's leaders had been "suffocating" due to lack of communication and democracy within the party.
Rao who recently switched to the Congress from the BRS said that the decision of the BRS party chief was deemed final in the party, and as a result, most of the MLAs and MLCs were not allowed to speak at all.
Speaking to ANI on Saturday, Rao said, "There is a lack of democracy in the BRS party. Most of the leaders are suffocating there. It is a regional party. Whatever decision is taken by the party chief is final. So, most of the MLAs and MLCs were suffocating in this BRS party as they were not allowed to speak at all."
"Ultimately, we lost in the Assembly and Parliament elections. All our votes were transferred to the BJP. So we wanted to join the Congress party, a national party, where we have a lot of opportunities to work for the state of Telangana," said the Congress leader.
Earlier on Thursday night, six Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) legislators, including Prabhakar Rao deserted the party and joined the Congress in Telangana.
The MLCs joined the Congress in the presence of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy at his official residence.
The MLCs who joined the Congress are Dande Vital, Bhanuprasad Rao, MS Prabhakar, Boggaparu Dayanand, and Egge Mallesham.
AICC in-charge for Telangana, Deepa Munshi, and state minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy were also present at the CM's residence when the MLCs joined the party.
After the drubbing in the Assembly election early this year, BRS has seen many of its leaders, including MLAs, join the ruling Congress, which won a landslide victory in the election.
On June 28, Bharat Rashtra Samiti, MLA from Chevella, Kale Yadaiah, joined Congress.
Yadaya joined the party in the presence of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and AICC in-charge Deepadas Munshi in Delhi.
Earlier, Jagtial BRS MLA Sanjay Kumar also joined the Congress party at the residence of the Chief Minister.BRS leaders Kadiyam Srihari, Danam Nagender, Tellam Venkat Rao, and Pocharam Srinivas Reddy had also joined the Congress earlier.
