<p>Hyderabad: In a shot in the arm for the Congress in Telangana, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Mayor Vijaya Laxmi R Gadwal joined the party here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Vijaya Laxmi joined Congress in the presence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, AICC incharge of party affairs in Telangana Deepa Dasmunsi and other leaders.</p>.<p>Vijaya Laxmi joining Congress is expected to help the party in the GHMC limits in the Lok Sabha polls.</p>.Telangana CM Revanth Reddy pays courtesy visit to CJI in Hyderabad.<p>The Congress did not win any of the 24 seats that fall under the limits of GHMC in the recent Assembly polls, though it won a majority.</p>.<p>Vijaya Laxmi's father and BRS Rajya Sabha member K Keshav Rao, who had served as PCC president earlier, said on Friday that he would return to the Congress fold.</p>.<p>Keshav Rao met the CM and state Congress chief Revanth Reddy on Friday.</p>.<p>Noting that he worked in the grand old party for 55 years, the 85-year-old leader said he would do 'ghar vapsi' (returning to home).</p>.<p>Asked if he is quitting BRS due to any differences with the regional party or his love for the Congress, he said it was affinity for the national party.</p>.<p>Former BRS MLC Puranam Satish also joined the Congress today, Congress sources said.</p>.<p>The BRS has witnessed an exodus of senior leaders in recent times.</p>.<p>While BRS MLA Danam Nagender and party MP G Ranjit Reddy switched to Congress, two sitting BRS MPs BB Patil and P Ramulu joined the BJP.</p>.<p>Congress has also invited senior BRS MLA and former deputy chief minister Kadiam Srihari and his daughter Kadiam Kavya to join the party. Srihari said he would take a decision in a day or two.</p>
<p>Hyderabad: In a shot in the arm for the Congress in Telangana, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Mayor Vijaya Laxmi R Gadwal joined the party here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Vijaya Laxmi joined Congress in the presence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, AICC incharge of party affairs in Telangana Deepa Dasmunsi and other leaders.</p>.<p>Vijaya Laxmi joining Congress is expected to help the party in the GHMC limits in the Lok Sabha polls.</p>.Telangana CM Revanth Reddy pays courtesy visit to CJI in Hyderabad.<p>The Congress did not win any of the 24 seats that fall under the limits of GHMC in the recent Assembly polls, though it won a majority.</p>.<p>Vijaya Laxmi's father and BRS Rajya Sabha member K Keshav Rao, who had served as PCC president earlier, said on Friday that he would return to the Congress fold.</p>.<p>Keshav Rao met the CM and state Congress chief Revanth Reddy on Friday.</p>.<p>Noting that he worked in the grand old party for 55 years, the 85-year-old leader said he would do 'ghar vapsi' (returning to home).</p>.<p>Asked if he is quitting BRS due to any differences with the regional party or his love for the Congress, he said it was affinity for the national party.</p>.<p>Former BRS MLC Puranam Satish also joined the Congress today, Congress sources said.</p>.<p>The BRS has witnessed an exodus of senior leaders in recent times.</p>.<p>While BRS MLA Danam Nagender and party MP G Ranjit Reddy switched to Congress, two sitting BRS MPs BB Patil and P Ramulu joined the BJP.</p>.<p>Congress has also invited senior BRS MLA and former deputy chief minister Kadiam Srihari and his daughter Kadiam Kavya to join the party. Srihari said he would take a decision in a day or two.</p>