In a huge blow to the ruling Congress in Telangana region, three senior Congress leaders formally bid adieu to their party. They now belongs to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

The three leaders- former PCC president K Keshav Rao and two Lok Sabha MPs M Jagannatham and G Vivek have formally joined the TRS at a public meeting at the Nizam College Grounds in Hyderabad on Sunday evening.

TDP leaders Marri Janardhan Reddy and Manik Reddy too joined the pink party. Several members of the TRS, along with the party chief K Chandrasekhara Rao gave them a warm welcome.