Telangana minister and Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) leader K.T. Rama Rao invited senior leader Ponnala Lakshmaiah to the party on Saturday, a day after the latter resigned from the Congress.
Rama Rao, who met Lakshmaiah at his residence earlier in the day, said the former PCC chief would be offered a “suitable position” in the BRS.
"We invite Ponnala Lakshmaiah to BRS. We will give him a suitable position in the party. He will meet the CM tomorrow. He might join BRS in a public meeting to be held at Jangaon on October 16," Rama Rao said while talking to reporters in Hyderabad.
Lakshmaiah had earlier denied reports of him joining any other political party.
The senior politician had sent his resignation letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday, citing “unjust environment”.
In his letter, he alleged that when a group of 50 leaders from the backward classes (BC) in Telangana went to Delhi to request prioritisation for BCs, they were denied even a meeting with AICC leaders, which is an embarrassment for the state that prides itself on self respect.
He further alleged that the grand old party has seen a shift in its core ideology and individualism seems to have taken precedence over our collective strength within the party.
The resignation of Lakshmaiah has come as a major setback to the Congress ahead of the Telangana assembly elections due on November 30.