PNS|Hyderabad
Former MP Sangram Singh Jai Singh Rao Gaikwad, along with his followers, joined the BRS in the presence of BRS national president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at Praghati Bhavan here on Saturday.
The joining of the former MP into the BRS party assumed significance.
Similarly, a noted businessman, owner of Sugar factories and popular leader among the Maratha Dhan Kar community, Balasaheb Kannamwar, also joined the BRS in the presence of KCR.
Moreover, many leaders from Osmanabad district of Maharashtra joined the BRS. On the occasion, all of them were invited into the party fold by wearing a pink scarf.
Those leaders who joined the BRS include Kisan movement leader Kishan Harichandra Kashid, Shiv Sena president Prag Sam Rao Patil, district president Pundalik Krishnaji Jadhav, Nita Shyam Rao Gaikwad, RSP district president Okar Nanso Nikam, Congress party constituency vice president Vishwajith Shinde, Prof. Sharad Kamble, women leader Swapna Maali, RSP State working president Manik Pola, youth leader Sachin Ambor, labour leader Salim Bhaiva Syed, Chatrapathi Sena State president Rohit Bahu Malme, RSP Sangli district president Akash Padole, Vivek Patil and others.
BRS Maharashtra State unit in-charge Kalvakuntla Vamshidhar Rao, Maharashtra Steering Committee Member Shankaranna Dhonge, Pune division Coordinator BJ Deshmukh and others were also present.