Former Telangana minister Indrakaran Reddy joins Congress

HYDERABAD: Former minister A Indrakaran Reddy quit the BRS and joined the Congress in the presence of AICC leader Deepadas Munshi on Wednesday.

Indrakaran Reddy started his political career with the Congress. Later, he joined the TDP and won as an MP in 1991. He then returned to the Congress and emerged victorious as MLA from Nirmal in the 1999 and 2004 elections. In 2008, he contested the by-elections from the constituency Adilabad and was elected Member of Parliament for the second time. In 2014, he won as MLA from BSP and subsequently joined BRS party. He continued his tenure as an MLA in the 2018 elections under the banner of BRS. However, in the recent Assembly elections, he lost to BJP candidate A Maheshwar Reddy from Nirmal.

Indrakaran served as Minister of Endowments, Law and Housing in KCR’s government from 2014 to 2018. From 2018 to 2023, he held the portfolio of Minister of Endowments, Law, Forest and Environment, Science and Technology.

He is often regarded as one of the influential leaders of the erstwhile Adilabad district.