Hyderabad, March 19 -- Former Panchayat Raj and Rural Development minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao denied reports of quitting the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and said that he is working towards "protecting" the party.

"..There is no chance of joining any other party. I will work in the frontlines to bring the BRS back to power. BRS workers should not lose faith over some leaders ditching the party," he remarked, addressing a press conference on Tuesday, March 19.

Some media reports suggested that the veteran leader was in talks with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as several Warangal leaders already moved out of the party either to the Congress or the BJP.

Dayakar further said that he witnessed many chief ministers function throughout ...