Station Ghanpur MLA Kadiyam Srihari said he would not resign amid notices from the Speaker over his defection to Congress. Addressing party cadres, he urged them to ignore rumours and promised development funds from his MLA quota for unanimously elected sarpanch candidates
In the lead-up to local body elections, several Congress leaders from Warangal defected to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), citing the Congress government's failure to meet electoral promises. The crossover occurred in the presence of former Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao.
