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Former BRS leaders announced that they would be joining the Congress after meeting AICC president and other Congress leaders in New Delhi

Taking exception to the way that Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Tamil Nadu’s Electricity, Prohibition and Excise Minister V. Senthil Balaji in the early hours of Wednesday, All India Congress Committee (AICC) president M. Mallikarjun Kharge has said that the BJP government at the Centre is harassing and threatening its political rivals.

The Congress chief also made changes in AICC secretaries in Telangana and Karnataka.

A politically significant meeting of ‘A’ and ‘I’ group leaders on Friday in the State capital seemed to signal a new evolution of long-standing factionalism in Congress.

On Wednesday, even Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hinted at a possible review

the fear of an emergent bloc allegedly under the leadership of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran, MP, and Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan has reportedly impelled the traditional ‘A’ and ‘I’ groups in the party to strike a tactical alliance.

The meeting also discussed the Youth Convention planned at the national level and also the party’s decision to encourage Youth Congress by allotting 50% of tickets to them.

“Several leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) are eager to join the Congress that is strengthening every day leaving the BJP way behind and BRS worried, the AICC incharge for Telangana,” Manikrao Thakare said.

Soon after a truce between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot was announced in New Delhi, speculation was once again rife here about Mr. Pilot planning to float a new political outfit. However, two of Mr. Pilot’s loyalists refuted the claim and said he had…