<p>New Delhi: A day after returning to the Congress, senior leader K Keshava Rao on Thursday resigned from the Rajya Sabha seat which he won on a BRS ticket saying it is morally and legally not right to continue.</p><p>The 85-year-old MP had two more years in Rajya Sabha in this term. Rao met Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and submitted his resignation.</p><p>In a statement, Rao said, “consequent upon my joining the Congress yesterday, I am supposed to have quit the BRS on whose symbol I was elected to the Rajya Sabha last time. I am morally/legally bound to vacate my seat in the House.”</p>.'Worthy homecoming': BRS leader K Keshava Rao returns to Congress fold. <p>Upholding the minimum values, he said he has submitted his resignation.</p>.<p>Rao had quit the Congress in protest against the delay in the formation of Telangana state and had joined the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS in 2013. He had earlier served as the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president.</p><p>On Wednesday, Rao had met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi along with Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Congress General Secretary and Telangana in-charge Deepa Dasmunsi.</p>. <p>“Worthy homecoming! We welcome senior leader K Keshava Rao-ji to the Congress party. We are confident that his vast experience in public service will strengthen the Congress party in Telangana,” Kharge said on ‘X’. <br></p>
<p>New Delhi: A day after returning to the Congress, senior leader K Keshava Rao on Thursday resigned from the Rajya Sabha seat which he won on a BRS ticket saying it is morally and legally not right to continue.</p><p>The 85-year-old MP had two more years in Rajya Sabha in this term. Rao met Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and submitted his resignation.</p><p>In a statement, Rao said, “consequent upon my joining the Congress yesterday, I am supposed to have quit the BRS on whose symbol I was elected to the Rajya Sabha last time. I am morally/legally bound to vacate my seat in the House.”</p>.'Worthy homecoming': BRS leader K Keshava Rao returns to Congress fold. <p>Upholding the minimum values, he said he has submitted his resignation.</p>.<p>Rao had quit the Congress in protest against the delay in the formation of Telangana state and had joined the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS in 2013. He had earlier served as the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president.</p><p>On Wednesday, Rao had met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi along with Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Congress General Secretary and Telangana in-charge Deepa Dasmunsi.</p>. <p>“Worthy homecoming! We welcome senior leader K Keshava Rao-ji to the Congress party. We are confident that his vast experience in public service will strengthen the Congress party in Telangana,” Kharge said on ‘X’. <br></p>
