Former Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender joined Bhartiya Janta Party on June 14. He joined BJP in the presence of cabinet minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Home Minister G. Kishan Reddy. He resigned from the state assembly on June 12, after Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sacked him from the state cabinet over land grabbing charges. Eatala was a part of Telangana Rashtra Samithi.