BRS senior leader and Malkajgiri MLA Mynampally Hanumanth Rao and his son M Rohit have joined the Congress party. They were welcomed by AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi.
Former BRS Nakrekal MLA M. Vemula Veeresham and former district Congress president Kumbam Anil Kumar Reddy, who had previously switched to BRS, have now rejoined the Congress party.
AICC Telangana affairs in charge Manikrao Thakre, TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy, and other party leaders were present during the joining ceremony.
The Congress High command has agreed to Hanumantha Rao’s request for a two-party ticket, allowing his son to contest from Medak and himself from Malkajigiri.
Veerasham was also interested in contesting from Nakrekal assembly constituency in the upcoming Assembly elections.