Congress receives a jolt as Saraiah joins TRS

Just ahead of Greater Warangal municipal elections, the Congress party received a major jolt with its senior leader and former minister Basvaraj Saraiah joining the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

Saraiah, along with his supporters, joined the TRS on Tuesday after meeting Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao at his camp office. KCR offered a pink khandwa (scarf) to Saraiah to formally welcome him into the party.

Speaking to media persons later, Saraiah said he was quite impressed with the welfare schemes being implemented by KCR. He said although the credit for formation of Telangana goes to Congress party, it was TRS Government which was working for the development of new State. He also praised the Chief Minister for proposing a comprehensive package on the development of Warangal.