Banaswada MLA and former Assembly Speaker, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy from the BRS party joining the ruling Congress sparked a row in the undivided Nizamabad district. Both BRS and Congress leaders staged separate protests on Friday against Pocharam’s change of colour. At Pocharam's residence in Hyderabad, BRS activists staged protests while Congress leaders staged protests against the move in Banswada assembly constituency areas.
In a surprise move, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy joined the Congress in the presence of chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday. This would change the political equations in Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts. Pocharam began his political career with the Congress party.
After the inception of Telugu Desam, in the early 1980s, he joined it. He served as cabinet minister in Telugu Desam government during united Andhra Pradesh. In 2010, Pocharam joined the TRS party while as the Banswada MLA.
Later, he won the seat as BRS MLA in a byelection. After the formation of Telangana state, he served as the first agriculture minister and later as the assembly speaker. He maintained close rapport with former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his family members.
On par with Gajwel, Siddipet and Sircilla assembly constituencies, Pocharam took up developmental works and welfare schemes in Banswada assembly constituency. Of the nine MLA seats in undivided Nizamabad district, BRS MLAs Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and Vemula Prashanth Reddy won from Banswada and Balkonda as.
