Hyderabad: Cherka Mahesh, former joint-convener of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency, has tendered his resignation.
His resignation letter addressed to BJP state president N Ramchander Rao stated that he will work for the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) by-election candidate Maganti Sunitha, wife of late BRS legistator Maganti Gopinath, who passed away on June 8 due to a heart attack.
His passing away necessitated the by election.
Mahesh, who belongs to the Backwards Class (BC), has accused the BJP of not working for the interests of Telangana. “BJP’s state leadership and chief minister A Revanth Reddy are playing opportunistic politics. They have failed to do social justice through the 42 percent reservation for the BCs in the state,” read his letter.
Mahesh, who initially served as the BRS president for the Shaikpet division, later joined the BJP during Bandi Sanjay’s tenure as the party’s state president. He had earlier contested unsuccessfully from the Shaikpet division in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections.
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