Hyderabad, April 5 -- Calling the Congress Lok Sabha election manifesto "hypocrisy", Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday attacked the former over recent defections by BRS legislators to the ruling party in Telangana.

Titled 'Nyay Patra', the grand old party released its manifesto for the upcoming General Elections on Friday, which also included the Congress' promises to uphold the sanctity of the Indian Constitution by advocating for automatic disqualification of members defecting from their original party.

In a press statement, KTR said that the recent defections from the BRS to the Congress show the "glaring hypocrisy" within the party's ranks. "Yet, the reality in Telangana tells a different sto...