Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Arekapudi Gandhi joined the Congress party in the presence of chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday, July 13.
He is the ninth BRS MLA to join the Congress after the pink party lost power in the 2023 Assembly polls.
Along with him, Serilingampally Corporator Nagender Yadav, Miyapur Corporator Uppalapati Srikanth, Chandanagar Corporator Manjula Raghunath Reddy, Hydernagar Corporator Narne Srinivas also joined the grand old party.