Telangana CM Revanth has tricks up his sleeve to weaken pink party

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy appears to have set in motion a new strategy to inveigle BRS MLAs into abandoning their party and joining the ranks of the Congress.

The recent appointments of BRS MLC Patnam Mahender Reddy as the government chief whip in the state Legislative Council, Serilingampally BRS MLA Arekapudi Gandhi as Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman and former Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy as advisor to the government on agriculture are intended to lure more BRS MLAs into the Congress camp.

As the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections are not very far off, it appears that the chief minister wants to entice opposition MLAs from the GHMC area. This appears to be the strategy in appointing Patnam Mahender Reddy and Arekapudi Gandhi as government chief whip in the council and PAC chairman respectively.