Hyderabad, July 9 (IANS) Telangana’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has appointed its Rajya Sabha member, Vaddiraju Ravichandra, as the leader of the BRS Parliamentary Party.

BRS President Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) appointed Ravichandra as the leader of the BRS Parliamentary Party and BRS floor leader in the Rajya Sabha.

K.R. Suresh Reddy, who was heading the Parliamentary Party, recently completed his term as a Rajya Sabha member.

Ravichandra was previously serving as the deputy leader of BRS Parliamentary Party.

KCR had sent Ravichandra to the Rajya Sabha for a second term in recognition of the services he rendered to the party and to the Backward Classes and Bahujan communities, the BRS said in a release.

Ravichandra was originally selected for a Rajya Sabha nomination in 2022 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr Banda Prakash Mudiraj, who was moved to the Legislative Council.

After Ravichandra’s term ended in April 2024, KCR re-nominated him to the Rajya Sabha for the second term. He was subsequently named deputy leader of the BRS Parliamentary Party.

Ravichandra’s term as Rajya Sabha member ends in April 2030. He currently serves as a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Coal and Mines.

Following his appointment as BRS parliamentary party leader, Ravichandra conveyed his heartfelt thanks to BRS President KCR and Working President K.T. Rama Rao for naming him as the Parliamentary Party leader.

Expressing happiness at being appointed as the Parliamentary Party leader, in addition to being sent to the Rajya Sabha twice, he said that he humbly accepts this significant responsibility.

He pledged to powerfully voice the concerns of the people of Telangana in the Parliament and vowed to work tirelessly to further strengthen the party and ensure KCR becomes the Chief Minister for a historic third term.

Following Suresh Reddy’s retirement, the BRS currently has three members in the Rajya Sabha – Ravichandra, D. Damodar Rao and Dr Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy.

The BRS has no representation in the Lok Sabha as it drew a blank in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

–IANS

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