The former IPS officer formally joined the BRS in the presence of the party President and former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at the latter's farmhouse at Erravelli in Siddipet district.
In a second big blow for the Mayawati-led BSP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, BSP MP Sangeeta Azad, who represents Lalganj in Uttar Pradesh, joined the BJP on Monday.
Leaders from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Apna Dal, and Congress visited the ECI delegation to discuss various issues related to the upcoming polls.
Bahujan Samaj Party leader and former MLA Shah Alam, alias Guddu Jamali, switched sides ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and joined the Samajwadi Party in the presence of party president Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Wednesday.
"Despite BSP's repeated clear declaration of not forging an alliance with any party in the upcoming Lok Sabha general elections, spreading rumours about alliance every day proves that without BSP, some parties are not going to fare well here, while BSP is not going to do well. The welfare
"There is no government in West Bengal. Whatever Mamata Banerjee says is correct. BJP workers are being assaulted. We will go to the court against this. The people will give a reply to this in the Lok Sabha elections. There is 'Jungle-raj' in West Bengal," said BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain
As the farmers' protests continue, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday urged the government to take the demands of the farmers seriously and to consider them with empathy.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Member of Parliament Malook Nagar expressed support for the extension of Parliament sessions and the introduction of 'white papers'.
"If they had taken us along, apologised to us for breaking our MLAs off in the four-five states, and declared behenji (Mayawati) as the Prime Minister candidate (of the opposition bloc), then the Prime Minister would not have said this in Parliament today. The elections would have been fough
Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Friday said that the Congress and the Akhilesh Yadav-led party have finalised their seat-sharing agreement in Uttar Pradesh.