Hyderabad: In another blow to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Serilingampally MLA Arekapudi Gandhi on Saturday joined the Congress at Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s residence.
The Chief Minister formally welcomed the BRS MLA into the Congress fold by presenting him a party scarf. Along with the BRS MLA, some councillors including Nagendra Yadav from Serilingampally, Uppalapati Srikanth from Miyapur, Manjula Raghunath Reddy from Chandanagar and Narne Srinivas from Hydernagar also joined the Congress party. The number of BRS MLAs who have joined the Congress has now risen to nine.