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Kiran joining BJP?
Kiran joining BJP?, The BJP seems to be making quick moves to consolidate its position in Andhra Pradesh.
- It may be any time after his daughter’s marriage in Jan.
- Kiran to play a key role for BJP in AP
- A union minister from Karnataka behind the move
- BJP targets the Reddy community in Rayalaseema through Kiran
Hyderabad: The BJP seems to be making quick moves to consolidate its position in Andhra Pradesh. The AP unit of the BJP is of the opinion that the YSRCP has failed to create a mark as an effective opposition party. The BJP should fill the vaccum and emerge as a force to be reckoned with by 2019 when the state would go in for the second general election.
As part of this exercise, the BJP is focussing its attention on the Reddy and BC communities which are a major force in Andhra Pradesh. It had already admitted Kanna Lakshminarayana, a kapu Congress leader, into the party fold. It has now decided to rope in the last Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, N Kiran Kumar Reddy. According to sources Reddy is set to join saffron party by merging his Jai Samaikyandhra Party (JSP) in February 2015.
Kiran , who has been in political hibernation ever since his party got severe drubbing in 2014 general elections, was making all-out efforts to revive his political career but failed even to get the support of his own constituency people.
Reddy’s close aides told The Hans India that Prime minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah had given their nod to the former CM to join the BJP. Reddy at first planned to join the BJP in October but postponed the date in view of his daughter’s marriage which is scheduled to be held in January. Sources said that Reddy had been assured that he would get an important role in the party in AP. Kiran will be the party’s face in Rayalaseema region where Reddys are a dominant community.
Sources said that a union minister from Karnataka in the Modi’s cabinet was playing a key role in bring Kiran into the BJP fold. Kiran’s brother Santosh Reddy is said to be a close friend of the union minister for long.
A mammoth public meeting will be held at Tirupati where Kiran will announce his entry into BJP. This meeting will be attended by BJP national president Amit Shah.
