LSP leaders join BJP

Hyderabad: A large number of Lok Satta Party leaders and supporters from Amberpet, Goshamahal, Karwan, Yakutpura Assembly constituencies joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday in the presence of BJP state chief G Kishan Reddy and senior leader Bandaru Dattatreya.

Welcoming them into the party fold, Kishan Reddy said that the people were fed up with UPA's ‘miserable failure’ and were looking up to Narendra Modi. “Present day's politics, especially that of the ruling party, is mired in corruption, scams, conspiracy and controversies which is why people are looking for a change,” he said.

He also criticised Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for calling BJP a party of thieves. It was strange that Rahul did not talk about scams and corruption worth lakhs of crores during the UPA's tenure, but chose to launch a mudslinging campaign against the saffron party, Kishan Reddy fumed.

According to him, voters would decide who the real thieves were in the next general elections.

He predicted a huge win for the BJP and drubbing for the Congress in the five State Assembly polls.

Vinod Yadav (Amberpet), Manik Prabhu (Karwan), Virender Babu (Yakutpura) and Prashanth (Goshamahal) were among the Lok Satta leaders who joined the BJP. Interestingly, all of them contested the 2009 elections on Lok Satta tickets and lost.