An English-language daily has claimed that T Harish Rao, the tall TRS leader, will quit his current party and join the BJP soon.

The news is that Harish Rao has refuted the report without explicitly mentioning what he is refuting. "The news carried out by a reputed media outlet is a classic example of #FakeNews. It’s insensitive to spread disinformation, even as a prank, especially at a time when the whole country has been fighting against fake news.

My sincere appeal to the media outlets to not resort to such pranks. I demand the outlet which carried the #Fakenews item to carry an apology tomorrow on the same page," Rao said on Monday.

The report says that Harish Rao will join the saffron party after the Lok Sabha elections. He has taken the decision because he has been "sidelined" by KCR.