The cup of woes of the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) continues as yet another legislator from the party Kale Yadaiah crossed over to the ruling Congress on Friday, taking the total number of BRS switching loyalties so far to six.
Once seen as the architect of the Telangana statehood movement, the BRS suffered a severe drubbing in the recent assembly polls, managing to win 39 seats in the 119-member House, while Congress came to power with 64 seats. Following a change of guard in the state, the regional party is now struggling to keep its flock together.
Kale Yadaiah, representing Chevella constituency on the outskirts of Hyderabad, is the latest to jump ship. He joined the Congress in the presence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and AICC in charge of Telangana Deepa Das Munshi, in New Delhi.
Notwithstanding a series of meetings the BRS supremo and former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had with the party legislators in the last three days, the spree of desertions continues to haunt the party.
Earlier this week, Jagityal BRS MLA Dr Sanjay Kumar and Banswada MLA and former Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy joined the Congress in the presence of the Chief Minister. Tellam Venkat Rao, Danam Nagender, and Kadiam Srihari are the other three MLAs who have switched over to the Congress. More legislators are expected to cross over to the ruling party in the coming days.
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