Another Cong leader joins the saffron fold
In 2009, he contested and won from Quthbullapur Assembly constituency as an Independent, after the Congress denied him a ticket.
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BJP president JP Nadda welcomes former Medchal DCC president Kuna Srisailam Goud into the party, in New Delhi on Sunday By Express News Service
HYDERABAD: In yet another jolt to the TPCC, Medchal DCC president and former MLA Kuna Srisailam Goud joined the BJP in the presence of party’s national president JP Nadda in Delhi, minutes after resigning from the Congress on Sunday. Srisailam said that he chose to don the saffron robes as “only BJP can fight for the people of Telangana”.
Medchal DCC chief joins BJP
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Kuna Srisailam Goud joining the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of its national president J.P. Nadda in New Delhi.
Former MLA and Medchal District Congress Committee president Kuna Srisailam Goud resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP in the presence of its national president J.P. Nadda in New Delhi.
Mr. Goud was elected as an independent MLA from Qutbullapur constituency in 2009 after the Congress denied him ticket but later returned to the party fold. He also held the post of chairman of Andhra Pradesh Police Housing Corporation during the Chief Ministership of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
‘TRS and BJP are enacting a drama by targeting each other’
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief N. Uttam Kumar Reddy found fault with Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for skipping the meeting of NITI Aayog held on Saturday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is as good as surrendering and giving a free hand to the Modi government, he alleged.
“As the Chief Minister of Telangana, Mr. Rao should have participated in the meeting to raise issues concerning the State. By skipping the meeting, he sent a clear message that either he is not interested in the development of Telangana or he has completely surrendered before the Modi government, giving it a free hand to do whatever it wants to,” he said adding that while the other Chief Ministers presented a wishlist for their respective States, Mr. Rao decided to take rest by assigning the job to Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar.
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