BJP all set to take on TRS in Telangana

Enthused by the BJP victory in the graduate MLC polls, BJP president Amit Shah plans to take TRS head on in Telangana.

On Sunday at a meeting of Telangana leaders in Delhi, Amit Shah approved a road map for strengthening the party in Telangana for the 2019 elections and assured to arrange a program by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the state before the GHMC polls.He also sought their strategy to either continue or snap ties with TDP in Telangana.

State BJP president G. Kishen Reddy, BJP Legislature Party leader Dr K. Laxman, party national general secretary P. Muralidhara Rao, Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya and Union minister and party in-charge for Telangana Hansaraj Gangaram Ahir, took part in the meeting.

Shah wanted the Telangana BJP leaders to go to each and every village and get representation for the party and all the leaders should camp in villages for a minimum of five days in April.

The party membership enrollment target of 35 lakh was extended to April 30 from March 31 in view of the Graduate MLC polls. On the request of state party leaders, he also agreed to arrange party programmes, including a massive public rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, before the GHMC polls.The party leaders informed him about the upcoming pending GHMC elections, Sanathnagar Assembly bypoll, Warangal Lok Sabha bypoll, Khammam and Warangal Municipal Corporation polls, wherein the party can post impressive results.

Shah informed the leaders that the Prime Minister and he himself had decided to depute Union ministers to tour Telangana, participate in party programmes and government activities and to pump in central government funds for several schemes. He asked them to highlight Modi Government achievements to enable BJP to gain more support among people.