Kadiyam Srihari and Kadiyam Kavya joining the Congress. (File Photo)
Hyderabad: The Congress’ on Monday nominated Kavya Srihari, the daughter of Ghanpur Station MLA ex-Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) deputy chief minister Kadiam Srihari for the Warangal Lok Sabha seat.
The father-daughter duo had quit the BRS and joined the Congress a day earlier, days after it was reported that Srihari was unhappy with the BRS leadership. Their departure is a big jolt to the BRS, which has seen a spate of defections over the past few weeks.
Kavya was in fact announced as the BRS candidate on March 13 by BRS supremo and ex-Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR). Hours after Kavya dropped herself as the BRS candidate, Kadiam Srihari announced he was leaving the BRS, and both of them joined the Congress on March 31.
A handful of BRS MPs have shifted to the Bharatiya Janata Party or the Congress, while Srihari and another MLA, Danam Nagender, have joined the grand old party. Telangana has a total of 17 Lok Sabha seats. In the 2019 general elections, the BRS won nine seats, while the Congress and BJP won three and four seats.
This post was last modified on April 1, 2024 10:44 pm