BRS MLA Prakash Goud joins Congress
Hyderabad, Jul 12: BRS MLA Prakash Goud joined the Congress in Telangana on Friday, taking the total number of opposition legislators switching over to the ruling party to eight.
Goud, elected from Rajendranagar here, was welcomed into the Congress fold by Chief Minister and PCC president A Revanth Reddy.
Speculation is rife that more BRS MLAs would join the ruling party in the days to come.
BRS had won 39 of the total 119 Assembly constituencies in the elections held last year, while Congress came to power winning 64 seats.
However, BRS MLA from Secunderabad Cantonment, G Lasya Nanditha, died in a road accident earlier this year. Congress won the recently held by-poll for the above segment. This led to an increase in its strength to 65.
With the addition of eight BRS MLAs who crossed over to Congress, its strength rose to 73.
Six BRS MLCs also joined the ruling Congress recently. With the fresh defections, Congress' strength goes up to 10 in the 40-member Legislative Council.
Meanwhile, MLA Danam Nagender, who was the first BRS MLA to switch sides to Congress, claimed on Friday that the BRS would be left with only a few MLAs soon.
On BRS seeking his disqualification under the anti-defection law, Nagender said the party has the right to do so. However, BRS would lose strength soon, he claimed.
BRS Working President K T Rama Rao had earlier attacked Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over the defection of MLAs and asked him if this is the way the latter is going to safeguard the Constitution.
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Rajendranagar @BRSparty MLA Prakash Goud has joined @INCTelangana at the Jubilee Hills residence of Chief Minister @revanth_anumula.@PrakashGoudMLA is the eighth legislator to join the #Congress from the #BRS. pic.twitter.com/yk8MjQWzEW
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4 workers die after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad
Dhanbad (Jharkhand) (PTI): At least four workers died after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Saturday, a police official said.
The incident took place at Moonidih coal washery in the command area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).
"Bodies of all four workers were dug out of debris during a rescue operation," Putki police station in-charge Waqar Hussain told PTI.
The incident took place when coal slurry was being loaded into trucks by workers, during which a large chunk of slurry fell and trapped several workers underneath, officials said.
The deceased have been identified as Manik Bauri, Dinesh Bauri, Deepak Bauri, and Hemlal Gope.
Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased and local villagers placed the bodies in front of the washery gate and began a protest.
They demanded compensation, jobs for dependents and action against those responsible for the incident.
Police and administration officials are trying to pacify the protesters, an official said.
