Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former Minister C Adinarayana Reddy joined the BJP in the presence of its Party Working President J P Nadda in New Delhi on Monday.
In a statement here, the BJP said, the former Minister belonging to Kadapa district quit the TDP and joined the BJP.
Mr Nadda admitted him into the party by wrapping a saffron scarf around his shoulders.
Later talking to media, Mr Reddy said that development of the state is possible only with the BJP.
He criticised Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy headed YSRCP government for opting reverse tendering in the Construction of Polavaram Project despite the Central government is exteding funds for the National project.