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K Chandrashekar Rao welcomes former Labor Minister Giridhar Gamang to BRS in Hyderabad.
K Chandrashekar Rao welcomes former Labor Minister Giridhar Gamang to BRS in Hyderabad.
Former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang and his son Sishir Gamang joined the Bharat Rashtra Samiti led by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao ("KCR") in Hyderabad. This is part of KCR's efforts to strengthen the BRS, a new name and national identity for their party, and have an impact beyond their state.Former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang and his son Sishir Gamang joined the Bharat Rashtra Samiti led by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao ("KCR") in Hyderabad. This is part of KCR's efforts to strengthen the BRS, a new name and national identity for their party, and have an impact beyond their state.
Father and son Gamang resigned earlier this week from the BJP, the party the veteran joined in 2015 after several years in Congress.For KCR, Giridhar Gamang's popularity as a tribal leader in South Odisha is significant as this region also has a sizeable Telugu population. Giridhar Gamang was a Lok Sabha MP for nine Koraput terms in tribal-dominated Odisha, serving as a Union minister.
Giridhar Gamang and his son Sishir after leaving the BJP in Bhubaneshwar on January 25.
The BRS hopes to rally non-BJP and non-Congress forces, along with others opposed to Odisha's BJD ruler, to target at least four Lok Sabha seats out of the state's 21 by the Odisha elections in 2024. It is also targeting 30 mounting seats.
Beyond Odisha, BRS is trying to build its presence in several states where KCR has met with farm leaders and others who may be interested in leaving the BJP or Congress to join.
At the Gamangs membership event, KCR said that BRS was launched "to change the future of India", so several Odisha leaders came and joined. Apart from Giridhar Gamang, his wife and son, former Odisha MPs Navin Nanda, Ratha Das, Arjun Das and Raghav Sethi were among those who joined BRS.
KCR added: “Many governments and leaders have changed, but the fate of the farmers and the poor has not changed... Because when there are elections, the parties win but the people lose. A serious change is needed in the Indian political landscape."
He recalled the farmers' protest against the Center's controversial farm laws in the nation's capital. “I called 'Ab Ki Baar, Kisan Ki Sarkar.' Several leaders have become MPs and MPs, but this time (in the 2024 general election) only farmers are expected to become MPs and MPs. »
He reiterated BRS's promise to provide free electricity to farmers across the country.
When BRS, formerly called Telangana Rashtra Samithi, staged its first big show in Khammam on January 23, it brought together three chief ministers, Arvind Kejriwal from Delhi AAP, Bhagwant Singh Mann from Punjab AAP and Pinarayi Leftist Vijayan from Kerala. , in addition to former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
On February 17, when KCR as Chief Minister officially inaugurated the new State Secretariat on his birthday, he invited his counterparts from Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand: MK Stalin from DMK and Hemant Soren from JMM.
The sources said that KCR is also planning a big meeting in Delhi between February 14 and March 12 as a show of unity between non-BJP and Congress parties, and wants to invite Mamata Banerjee from Bengal, Nitish Kumar from Bihar, in addition to the leaders who have already taken the stage with him. These may include former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.
