Bangalore: No sooner Jaganmohan Reddy led YSR Congress  had a thumping win in the recently held by-elections, his close associate and former Karnataka minister B Sriramulu  has officially named his party as BSR Congress.

Sriramulu, who has arrived in Bangalore after his 54 day long 921 km padayatra from Basavakalyana to Bangalore, has got the new name registered with the State Election Commission.  According to Sriramulu BSR stands for B-Badava (poor), S –shramika (hard workers) and R-Raitha (farmers).

Sriramulu had just a couple of days ago had predicted that the BJP era would soon end in the state. Now, on conclusion of his Yatra has named his party as BSR Congress thereby hinting that even his party would wipe out all other parties in the state, just as YSR party has done in Andhra Pradesh.