Hyderabad, June 11 -- In a clear indication of which way he was headed, former Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader and state health minister Eatala Rajender was visited by a volley of leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at his residence on Friday. The in-charge for BJP in Telangana, Tarun Chugh, was also among the notable faces who was present there.

"BJP delegation led by Tarun Chugh visited my residence for a luncheon meeting," wrote Eatala Rajender on Twitter after the meeting. Similarly, former BJP Telangana president Dr. K Laxman and BJP executive committee member N. Ramchander Rao also posted similar tweets, which Eatala retweeted. Over the last week, it was almost certain that the former TRS leader had decided to join...