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He asked them to be patient and work together to win back people's support.

Over the last few days, defections engineered by Revanth Reddy of senior BRS leaders into the party have stoked the fire that was already raging over other issues.

These could not be dismissed as suicides, but had to be seen as murder by the government, since it was the administration's neglect and vindictive policies against the initiatives started by the previous BRS government that led to this situation.

Speaking to mediapersons Senior BRS leader and former MP B Vinod Kumar, described the NEET-UG scam as the largest in the country, stating that crores of rupees had exchanged hands.

BRS activists led by district president GV Ramakrishna Rao staged a protest and raised slogans against Sanjay Kumar.

The two-time MLA, who had twice defeated T Jeevan Reddy of the Congress when he contested on a BRS ticket, joined the Congress in the presence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.

Besides consoling the parents of the girl, Praveen Kumar participated in a candle rally held in Peddapalli town on Sunday, in protest against the rape and murder of the child.

Rajya Sabha member KR Suresh Reddy was earlier appointed as the party parliamentary leader as well as the party floor leader in the Rajya Sabha, replacing K Keshava Rao who switched over to the Congress recently.

He questioned whether CM stood for "cutting master," referring to the Chief Minister’s practice of cutting down on promised benefits. In a statement, Rama Rao lashed out at the State government for imposing numerous restrictions to reduce eligible farmers.

The defection of Pocharam Srinivas Reddy at the behest of Revanth Reddy, has seen the BRS demanding Srinivas Reddy to resign and seek re-election as a Congress nominee.

Addressing a press conference, Kishan Reddy said the Centre holds 49 per cent in Singareni and that it was its responsibility as much as it was of the Telangana government to protect the interest of Singareni.

Addressing a news conference at Telangana Bhavan, BRS MLAs said the political loyalties of Pocaharam were always linked to the net benefits he was assured of by a political party.

Former minister Niranjan Reddy pointed out that the government was yet to finalize the modalities for implementation of Rythu Bharosa.

The party leaders demanded him to resign to his MLA post and seek re-election from Banswada electorate.

MLA Chintha Prabhakar said that BRS Chief K Chandrashekhar Rao had launched insurance protection to all the party cadre, to support the families.

The party demanded Bhatti Vikramarka to withdraw his statements unconditionally, terming them baseless and misleading.

CM Revanth Reddy formally offered Congress party scarf to the former Speaker and his son Bhaskar Reddy and welcomed them into party fold

Sources decline to comment about the motive behind Revanth Reddy's visit to the BRS leader's residence

He said Prof Jayashankar dedicated his life to spread the Telangana ideology and played pivotal role in the struggle for Telangana statehood. In a statement, Chandrashekhar Rao termed Prof Jayashankar as the guiding force behind the last leg of Telangana statehood agitation.

The indecisive stand of the government on the issue of bonus for paddy is likely to play havoc with the crop planning during the season.