KAKINADA: BJP is getting ready to hit back at its ally ruling Telugu Desam as the leaders feel that the TD leaders including Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu are trying to suppress the party's prospects in the state. The BJP is unhappy over the attitude of Telugu Desam leaders and also Mr Naidu for their frequent statements on Central funds to the state, the special category status, Polavaram project and others.
On all counts, they feel that Mr Chandrababu Naidu is letting down the BJP and making critical comments frequently on this issue. “Mr Chandrababu Naidu is skeptical on whether the Centre would grant the required funds for completion of the first part of the project by 2018. Our cadre is feeling that Mr Naidu and TD leaders' frequent attacks is eroding the image of the party among the people. We can't tolerate such an attitude,” said BJP district president Y. Malakondaiah.
He said that the TD should clarify the position and make it clear to people that the Union Government was extending help to the state government in all possible ways, but TD wants to put the blame on the government for the Polavaram project. The BJP leaders are critical of changing the stand of Mr Naidu on the special category status. “Sometimes Mr Naidu says that the SCS is not the panacea for all the problems being faced by the state. On other occasions he makes contradictory statements. Mr Naidu praised BJP leaders in the Centre but he criticised in the state and play a double game,” Mr Malakondaiah said.
According to BJP leaders, the two BJP ministers in the state Cabinet were also not being treated properly and the BJP leaders are not including any of even the central government schemes at different levels. They felt that they are being humiliated by the TD. “The BJP asked the TD to appoint one of its party leader as the chairman to every ten temples in the state and two or three director posts in endowment committees. But, Mr Naidu was directly dealing with the nominated posts in government organisations without intimating the BJP ministers," Malakondaiah said. He said that the BJP leaders and cadre will also act seriously on all these issues and speak out against the Telugu Desam, if it does not change its attitude.
