One more BRS MLA to join Congress

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA from Rajendranagar constituency, T. Prakash Goud,  is all set to join Congress.

Prakash Goud called on Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday. He is likely to join the ruling party in a day or two along with his followers.

Prakash Goud was elected from Rajendranagar in the recent elections for the fourth consecutive term. He has won all the four elections from Rajendranagar since 2009.

He was first elected as Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate. He was re-elected on TDP ticket in 2014 but later defected to BRS. He was re-elected on a BRS ticket in 2018 and retained the seat in 2023.

Prakash Goud will be the fourth BRS MLA to join Congress in less than a month. Earlier, D. Nagender from Khairatabad constituency in Hyderabad, Kadiam Srihari from Station Ghanpur in Warangal district and Tellam Venkat Rao from Bhadrachalam in Khammam district had defected to the Congress party. The BRS also lost five sitting MPs to opposition parties. While three of them joined the Congress, two crossed over to the BJP.