The BRS in Telangana suffered another major jolt as its sitting MLA and former minister Kadiam Srihari and his daughter Kadiam Kavya on Sunday joined the Congress Party in the presence of chief minister and TPCC president A Revanth Reddy. Congress leaders had earlier invited Srihari to join the party. Shrihari said for many reasons people are moving away from BRS. So to serve the people and to do something for the constituency, he decided to take a call.

Srihari’s daughter Kavya who is a BRS candidate from Warangal, also announced her decision to join Congress. She cited the recent allegations of corruption and phone tapping against the previous K Chandrasekhar Rao – led regime were the main reason for her making an exit from BRS. She said the allegations lowered the party’s prestige. She also mentioned there was a lack of coordination and cooperation among BRS leaders in the district which is causing more damage to the party.

BRS had decided to field Kavya after denying ticket to sitting MP Pasunuri Dayakar. As a result of which Dayakar joined the Congress party. Dayakar was elected in 2015 by-election and in 2019, from Warangal, a seat reserved for scheduled castes.

Srihari a prominent SC leader started his political jorney in the 1980’s with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), had also served as minister in the cabinets of N.T. Rama Rao and Chandrababu Naidu in combined Andhra Pradesh. He had also served as TDP general secretary and Politburo member.

 A 4 time MLA from station Ghanpur in Warangal district, he joined TRS (now BRS) in 2013. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Warangal on TRS ticket in 2014, but the next year, BRS president and then chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao inducted him into the cabinet as cabinet Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister. Srihari and his daughter joined Congress a day after Hyderabad Mayor Vijayalaxmi Gadwal of BRS joined the ruling party.

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