BJP activists led by Illandakunta mandal party president Nanneboina Ravi Yadav organised a meeting in Malyala and announced their decision to resign from the party
Till recently, Rajender had criticised anti-farmers farm Acts brought by the Union government led by BJP and now he was joining in the same party, said the MLC
Earlier, he paid tributes at the Telangana Martyrs Memorial at Gun Park along with his followers. The former Minister is currently facing land encroachment charges for occupying assigned and endowment lands
Udasi had served as rural development Minister in the JD (S)-BJP coalition govt in 2006 and was Minister for Public Works in the previous BJP govt in 2008
Rajender, who is expected to join the BJP, said the decision to resign was taken after consulting the cadres in his constituency and other leaders in Hyderabad
Congress leader Koushik Reddy informed that Rajender purchased 68 acres of land worth Rs 200 crore in Rawalkol village in 2019 in the name of his son and benami
Earlier, Eatala Rajender asked what was wrong in him purchasing the assigned lands for his company when the govt itself was acquiring the assigned lands for industries and infrastructure development projects
While the tainted former Minister is trying to give a castiest angle to the developments, the opposition parties too seemed to be working on the same lines in an orchestrated manner
Former Minister said he was ready to resign from the MLA's post, but will take a final decision after discussing the issue with the people of Huzurabad constituency
Speaking on the occasion of Ganta's close associate B Kasi Viswanath joining the YSRCP , Rajya Sabha MP said Ganta could be admitted once the party high command gave the clearance