BJP on poaching spree; Swamy Goud new entrant

Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP unit is on poaching spree in the GHMC elections.

The party's State unit President B Sanjay, party OBC unit national President K Laxman and Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy met the TRS senior leader and former State Legislative Council Chairman Swamy Goud at the latter's residence in Hyderabad on Saturday. Speculations was rife that the TRS leader is keen to join the BJP soon.

Goud was maintaining distance from attending the TRS party programmes ever since his five-year term as Council Chairman ended recently. He expressed his displeasure against the party leadership for not inviting him to TRS meetings.

Sources said that he is likely to join BJP in two or three days and take part actively in the party poll campaign in the GHMC elections.

The party already poached senior Congress leader Sarve Satyanarayana who revolted against TPCC President N Uttam Kumar Reddy's leadership for the latter's series of failures in clinching the Congress victory in all elections held in Telangana.