At a Hyderabad function, former BJP MP Vijayashanti was formally inducted in front of Congress chief Mallaikarjun Kharge.In 1998, Vijayashanti began her political career with the BJP. Later, she founded her own party, which eventually joined with the TRS.(Credit: @vijayashanthi_m on Twitter)After resigning from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Telugu actor turned politician Vijayashanti rejoined the Congress party on Saturday.
Not long after she joined the party, she was named Chief Coordinator of the Campaign and Planning Committee for the Telangana Assembly polls on November 30 by Congress national secretary KC Venugopal.
Telangana election: Vijayashanti, an actor turned politician, leaves the BJP and rejoins the Congress
The ruling is going to take effect right away.
At a Hyderabad function, former BJP MP Vijayashanti was formally inducted in front of Congress chief Mallaikarjun Kharge.
She is rejoining the Congress at a time when the party is running a vigorous campaign for the November 30, 2023, Telangana poll.
When Vijayshanti began her political career with the BJP in 1997, she was already well-known in South Indian cinema. In the midst of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s (TRS) campaign for aTake Telangana apart. 2009 saw her elected to the Lok Sabha.
Telangana election: Vijayashanti, an actor turned politician, leaves the BJP and rejoins the Congress
In 2014, shortly before Andhra Pradesh was divided into two states and Telangana was created, she later joined the Congress party.
Numerous Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and Malayalam films feature Vijayashanti. For her role as a female police officer in Kartavyam, she was awarded the National Film Award for Best Actress.
She also had roles in the movies “Eeshwar,” “Apradhi,” and “Gundagardi” starring Bollywood’s He-Man, Dharmendra, opposite Anil Kapoor.
Telangana will hold assembly elections on November 30. On December 3, the Telangana Assembly’s votes, along with those of four other states with upcoming elections, will be counted.
Previously known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) won 88 of the previous Assembly elections in 2018.the 119 seats, controlling 47.4% of the vote share overall. The Congress, with only 19 seats, finished far behind.
