Telangana: Former health minister Eatala Rajender to quit as MLA today, join BJP on June 14

HYDERABAD: Former health minister Eatala Rajender is resigning from his MLA’s post on Saturday, paving the way for another by-election in the state. Eatala will pay tributes to Telangana martyrs before handing over his resignation letter to speaker of the legislative assembly.
A team of BJP senior leaders, including Telangana affairs in-harge Tarun Chug, visited Eatala’s residence on Friday.Eatala along with former TRS MLA Enugu Ravinder Reddy and former ZP chairperson Tula Uma will join the BJP in the presence of party national president JP Nadda on June 14. Tarun Chug said the BJP is the only alternative to the TRS in Telangana.
Meanwhile, at the state-level party leaders’ meeting on Friday, the BJP top leadership asked the leaders not to object to leaders from other parties joining the saffron party. The BJP is looking forward to rope in several leaders from other parties, including Congress, into its fold, sources said.
A few leaders in the party had objected to Eatala’s joining the party saying that their opinion was not taken before initiating a dialogue with him. “At Friday’s meeting, the party leaders were told to speed up the process of approaching those leaders who are willing to join the BJP,” a senior leader said.