Hyderabad: BJP national general secretary P. Muralidhar Rao Friday came down heavily on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu calling him anti-Telangana. He also slammed the Congress-TDP coalition for the December 7 state polls.
The BJP leader alleged Naidu’s ‘influence’ in any manner in Telangana would hinder the state’s development.
“In 2014 itself, the BJP understood the way Chandrababu was functioning that he is working against Telangana. We have suffered because of that and immediately we have distanced unilaterally and came out of that partnership,” said Mr Muralidhar Rao.
Attacking the Congress-TD alliance the BJP leader said that Grand Alliance will have serious implications and negative consequences for Telangana and its people. He said BJP wants Chandrababu Naidu-mukt Telangana.
“We have become free from his influence. BJP will not allow any kind of this influence coming into the Telangana governance. It is the Congress which has to take a decision, surprisingly the same party has become covert to Chandrababu Naidu,” he alleged.
Mr Muralidhar Rao said that the upcoming Assembly elections in Telangana are very important for the BJP in the context of the south. He said that BJP aimed at expanding party in South and BJP has an abiding commitment for development of Telangana.
He also accused the TRS of failing to fulfill its promises and said anti-TRS campaigns will be taken up extensively by the party's national leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah, central ministers, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states and over 100 public meetings will be organised in the coming days.
The TRS and the Congress are 'family' parties while the BJP stands for nation first, he claimed. "Earlier, TRS president and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had met Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and later Chandrababu and other 'Mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) leaders also met Kumaraswamy. Tomorrow if needed they will come together. Vote for Congress is vote for TDP and TRS...all are one. BJP is the only party which has a distinct and uncompromising stand against TRS," he added.
