New Delhi: Telugu Desam Party four Rajya Sabha members joined BJP on Thursday in the presence of its working President J. P. Nadda. The four TDP MP’s gave a merger resolution to the Vice President Venkaiah Naidu. The BJP also gave a letter to Venkaiah Naidu, accepting the merger of TDP MP’s in BJP.

   The TDP Rajya Sabha floor leader Y. Sujana Choudary, MP’s C. M. Ramesh, T.G. Venkatesh and Garikapati Mohan Rao joined in the BJP. Telugu Desam Party is having six members in the Rajya Sabha, four of them joined in BJP, T. Sita Rama Laxmi and K. Ravindra Kumar are remained in the TDP. The four MP’s followed the path of Congress defectors in Telangana who avoid disqualification under the anti-defection act. The laws states that if 2/3 members of a party want to join another party, disqualification is not applicable. The four MP’s in their resolution said that they were inspired and encouraged by the impeccable leadership of Modi and the development policies pursued by him. So they have decided to merge with the BJP with immediate effect.