Absence of 3 BRS MLAs at KTR’s meeting sparks rumours of party change; Malla Reddy denies
When NewsMeter contacted Medchal MLA Ch Malla Reddy, he rubbished the rumours of him joining the Congress and explained the situation
By Newsmeter Network Published on 4 Dec 2023 12:04 PM GMT
Hyderabad: A day after the 2023 Telangana Election Results elected the Congress party for the first time in Telangana, the working president of the Opposition party BRS and former minister KT Rama Rao held a meeting with all the elected BRS MLAs at the Telangana Bhavan on Monday.
However, what caught the eye of many is the absence of Medchal MLA Ch Malla Reddy, LB Nagar MLA Sudheer Reddy and first-time Malkajgiri MLA Marri Rajashekar Reddy.
Rumours were flying high of the possibility of them joining Congress and their absence in today’s meeting just added to the fuel. Many news channels also began to run bulletins regarding their absence at the meeting.
When NewsMeter contacted Medchal MLA Ch Malla Reddy, he rubbished the rumours of him joining the Congress and explained the situation.
“It so happened that I, my son-in-law Marri Rajashekar Reddy and LB Nagar MLA Sudheer Reddy did not get a call from the Telangana Bhavan about BRS working president KTR’s meeting today. They missed calling us. At 1.15 pm, my PA saw the alert regarding the meeting, but by then it was already late. I was asleep in the afternoon and by the time I could make it to the Telangana Bhavan, it was too late. All three have been asked to come to the farmhouse,” he said.
It was a clear majority for the Indian National Congress (INC) in their first election victory since the state of Telangana was formed, ending a 10-year BRS regime. INC, the oldest political party of India got 2 per cent more votes than BRS and secured 64 Assembly seats out of the 119.
With the Telangana State Assembly election results declared on December 3 for the votes polled on November 30, the fate of 2,290 total contesting candidates was also decided.
Right from the beginning, the trend showed the Indian National Congress (INC) leading and Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) trailing and this trend continued till the end. INC comfortably crossed the halfway mark (60) and won seats from 64 constituencies out of 119, followed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi which secured 39 seats, eight seats by BJP, seven by AIMIM and one seat by CPI.
