Telangana: BJP Names Former MLA Komatireddy As National Executive Member

The fresh development to appoint Reddy as BJP National executive council member will help the party to stop the migration of the senior leader to rival party, leaders said.

Prominent Telangana leader and former MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy has reportedly been named as a member of the BJP National Executive in preparation for the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections and the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for 2024. This comes after the appointments of G Kishan Reddy as the new Telangana BJP president and Eatala Rajender as the chairperson of the party’s election management committee in the state. Reddy had previously won the Munugode Assembly seat in Telangana as a candidate from the Indian National Congress in the last Assembly election. However, he resigned from the Congress in 2022 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Rajgopal Reddy created a political stir on Tuesday as he met some Congress leaders. Speculations are doing rounds that the BJP leader may switch loyalties to Congress soon. The fresh development to appoint Reddy as BJP National executive council member will help the party to stop the migration of the senior leader to rival party, leaders said.

As part of the BJP's expansion campaign in the state, the party's high command announced on Tuesday that Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy would assume the role of the new party chief for Telangana. Additionally, former minister Etela Rajender was appointed as the chairman of the Election Management Committee for the upcoming Assembly elections.

On Wednesday, Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy held a meeting with party leaders in Hyderabad to discuss the arrangements for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state on July 8, among other matters. BJP MLA Eatala Rajender, MP K. Laxman, and several other leaders attended the meeting.

Previously, Kishan Reddy was given a grand welcome by party leaders and activists at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad when he arrived from Delhi. Rajender was among the BJP leaders who welcomed Kishan Reddy at the airport. In a statement to reporters in Delhi, Kishan Reddy mentioned that he would meet senior party leaders in Hyderabad. He also expressed his commitment to working with all party leaders to bring the BJP to power in Telangana.