Hyderabad (Telangana): Former Telangana health minister Eatala Rajender joined the BJP on Monday in the presence of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan. He was sacked from the state cabinet by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao over charges of land grabbing.
He had on Saturday submitted his resignation as Huzurabad MLA to the Speaker of Telangana Assembly Pocharam Srinivas Reddy. After submitting his resignation, Rajender had confirmed that he will be joining the BJP on Monday. He had resigned from the primary membership of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on June 4 following differences with the party.
Rajender said the by-elections that are around the corner will be contested between the people of Huzurabad and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR). Tarun Chugh, in-charge of Telangana BJP and BJP National General Secretary on Friday said there is a fight going on in Telangana against the corrupt, nepotistic politics. He had welcomed Rajender's decision to join the BJP and mentioned that "anyone who is against the corrupt dictatorial and nepotistic politics in Telangana are also welcome to join hands with BJP to make Telangana a better state in terms of employment and stand for what Telangana has been formed."
Ex MLA Enugu Ravinder Reddy, Tula Uma, Andhe Babu, Keshava Reddy, Gandra Nalini are among the erstwhile TRS leaders who accompanied Rajender. They are scheduled to return to Hyderabad on Tuesday.
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With agency inputs
