Former Telangana MP Vishweshwar Reddy likely to join BJP

Hyderabad: Former MP Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, who quit the Congress last year, is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
BJP national General Secretary incharge of party affairs in Telangana, Tarun Chug along with state BJP President, Bandi Sanjay met Vishweshwar Reddy and invited him to join the party.
Reddy is likely to formally join the BJP in the presence of party’s national President J.P. Nadda in Hyderabad on July 1, a day ahead of the party’s national executive meet.
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Reddy, who was with the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) before switching over to the Congress, had earlier stated that both the Congress and the BJP can’t be an alternative to the TRS.
He had also hinted at floating a new regional party with an aim to defeat the TRS in the 2023 Assembly elections, and was planning to bring together leaders of various smaller parties and even those TRS leaders who are unhappy with Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to form an alternative.