Danam’s next jump may be into BJP: KTR

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Updated: May 3, 2024, 10:42 IST

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KTR criticizes Danam Nagendar for party switching, questions BJP ties, respects Hyderabad's culture. Urges support for T Padma Rao Goud in Lok Sabha polls. KCR gains followers post CM bid loss, BRS focuses on social media.

HYDERABAD: Seeking votes for BRS candidate T Padma Rao Goud in the Lok Sabha polls to be held on May 13, BRS working president and former minister KT Rama Rao took a dig at Congress candidate Danam Nagendar who quit the BRS and joined the grand old party.
“What is the guarantee that he will not join the BJP after the elections? If he could jump from BRS to Congress, Nagendar can jump into the BJP too,” KTR said about Danam Nagendar.

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In the 2023 assembly elections, Nagendar had won from Khairatabad assembly constituency on a BRS ticket but left the party and joined the Congress. KTR also said as an MP from Secunderabad, union minister G Kishan Reddy who is in fray again did not contribute for the development of the city in any manner.
The former minister also said that all assembly constituencies in the city had backed BRS in the polls last year and urged for people’s continued support. KTR had also paused his public address midway after he heard the ‘azaan’ (call to prayer) from a nearby mosque. He said it was the culture of Hyderabad city to honour each other’s religious feelings and be in harmony.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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