New Delhi: Former Telangana Minister Etala Rajender joined in BJP on Monday in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Telangana BJP incharge Tarun Chugh in New Delhi. They called on Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Union Minister of State G Kishan Reddy.

Etala Rajender and some of his relatives went to Delhi in a special flight on Monday from Hyderabad. Former MP Ramesh Rathod, former MLA Eanugu Ravinder Reddy, former TRS Mahila President Tula Uma, Nalini, former TSRTC employees unions JAC chairman Ashwathama Reddy cantonment (Hyderabad) Vice Chairman Sada Keshav Reddy, Osmania University student union leaders and few others have joined BJP.

Telangana BJP MPs Dharmapuri Aravind, Soyam Bapurao and MLA M Raghunandan Rao, G Premender Reddy also attend the occasion.

After his resignation, the bye-election for the Huzurabad Assembly constituency was inevitable. The BJP is likely to field Rajender or his wife Jamuna.