Hyderabad, April 5 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuna Srisailam Goud from Qutbullapur constituency joined the Congress in the presence of All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge for Telangana, Deepa Das Munsi and chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday morning, April 5.

In 2024, Srisailam Goud, as a former MLA and former president of the Medchal District Congress Committee, switched to the BJP.

He ran for the Qutbullapur constituency in the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections as a BJP candidate but was defeated by the BRS candidate, K P Vivekanand.

A video of Vivekanand attacking Goud during a television debate became popular online during the election campaign.

Senior Congress leaders Patnam Mahender Reddy and Mainampal...