Huge jolt to Congress. 12 out of 18 MLAs join TRS in Telangana state

The Congress party which has already suffered a huge drubbing in the the general elections by securing merely 52 parliamentary seats has suffered one more jolt in Telangana state carved out of Andhra Pradesh when its 12 lawmakers met the speaker of Telangana Assembly and handed him a signed letter of consent by 12 MLAs expressing their consent to join the Telangana Rashta Samiti the ruling party with 88 MLAs. The Congress party had 18 MLAs out of which one MLA had contested from a regional party as a parliamentary candidate and won the election.

After switching over sides from Congress to Telangana the strength of the Congress party in the Aseembly has been reduced to mere five. It’s indeed a huge setback to the Congress party as the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti Party’s strength has gone up to 100 in the house of 120. The Telangana Congress Committee chief V Hanumatha Rao has accused the chief minister of instigating n allegedly purchasing the Congress MLAs to dislodge the party in the state.

The defecting Congress MLAs under the anti defection law norms require two thirds number that comes to 6 by just double the numbers of Congress MLAs have crossed the floor having no apprehension of losing their membership.

It is believed that after the drubbing of Congress party in the state and at the centre the Congress MLAs were finding their political career in stake in Telangana and crossed the floor joining the TRS.

It may be recalled that Telangana Rashtra Samittee was founded on 27th April 2001 by its founder C. Chandra Shekar Rao with the sole objective to form the Telangana separate state. C. Chandra Shekhar Rao is currently the CM of Telangana state and president of the party as well.

Meanwhile the remaining five Congress MLAs held a protest sit in outside the Assembly in Telangana accusing CM C Chandra Shekhar Rao of allegedly purchasing the Congress MLAs nad pre strategically dislodging their party in the state.