Hyderabad K Keshava Rao, who returned to the Congress party from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi( BRS) was appointed as counsel to the Telangana government for public affairs with a press rank on Saturday, July 6. Chief secretary A Santhi Kumari issued the announcement on Saturday by order of Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan.
Keshava Rao abnegated from his Rajya Sabha MP post on Thursday, July 4, after joining the Congress party. The former APCC chairman Rao returned to Congress on Wednesday in the presence of party chairman Mallikarjun Kharge, former party principal Rahul Gandhi, and Telangana principal minister A Revanth Reddy.
The elderly leader was with the grand old party for 55 times before shifting constancy to the KCR- led BRS in 2013. His son, GHMC Mayor Gadwal Vijayalaxmi, joined the Congress party on March 30 after quitting the BRS.