HYDERABAD: Four BRS MLAs from the politically significant district of Medak for the party, met with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, in what was described as a courtesy call. The meeting sparked speculation about their joining the Congress, given that the four MLAs —Sunitha Laxma Reddy (Narsapur), Kotha Prabhakar Reddy (Dubbak), Gudem Mahipal Reddy (Patancheru) and K. Manik Rao (Zaheerabad)

Mahipal Reddy (Patancheru) and K. Manik Rao (Zaheerabad)

The official word is that this is a courtesy meeting and the BRS MLAs met Revanth only to ‘congratulate’ him on becoming the CM. But media speculations are already on the rise that this meeting is more than just a ‘courtesy call’. Social media is buzzing that Congress has started ‘Operation Akarsh’ in Telangana to attract BRS MLAs to their side and this meeting is just the tip of the iceberg.

But for the time being, we should see this meeting as a courtesy. Only time will tell if Congress is actually looking to poach BRS MLAs like the way how KCR poached 12 out of the 18 MLAs Congress had in 2018.