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Telugu actor Vijayashanti to join BJP

Vijayashanti resigned from the Congress after the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation results over the weekend

December 06, 2020 06:36 pm | Updated 11:26 pm IST - NEW DELHI

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Before being part of the TRS and Congress, Vijayashanti began her political career with the BJP in the 1990s. File

Before being part of the TRS and Congress, Vijayashanti began her political career with the BJP in the 1990s. File

Telugu actor Vijayashanti on Sunday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi and is likely to join the BJP on Monday.

Ms. Vijayashanti, who started her political career with the BJP in the 1990s, later joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and then the Congress . She resigned from the Congress after the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation results over the weekend.

BJP Telangana chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Minister of State for Home Affairs Kishen Reddy accompanied Ms. Vijayashanti to Mr. Shah’s residence.

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