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BJP is the alternative to TRS, says Tgana BJP president
Laxman
Hyderabad, Aug 12 (PTI) Alleging that Telangana people
did not believe in the Congress as its MLAs have joined the
ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi, state BJP president K Laxman
said his party alone can put an end to the "family rule" of
the TRS.
"People of Telangana do not believe Congress because
if they (Congress MLAs) win also, they were joining the TRS,@
he told reporters.
"Henceforth, BJP is the alternative party. Under the
leadership of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, people have seen
the chronic problem of Jammu and Kashmir tackled.
Even Telangana, they (people) want a democratic
Telangana and the family rule (of TRS) to be put an end to.
That can be done only by BJP," Laxman said.
Laxman was referring to 12 Congress MLAs merging with
TRS recently which resulted in the Congress losing the of main
opposition status.
He took exception to state Congress president N Uttam
Kumar Reddy's reported comments that Union Home Minister Amit
Shah spoke in a manner that BJP did not like the formation of
Telangana by finding fault with the way the bill for the
formation of Telangana was passed in Parliament.
Laxman said late BJP leader Sushma Swaraj had fought
for the separate state in the Lok Sabha.
Hitting out at the reported comments of TRS working
president K T Rama Rao that those opposed to BJP are being
seen as unpatriotic, the BJP leader said it was the TRS which
had earlier portrayed those opposed to TRS as being
anti-Telangana.
Rama Rao, who talked about religious tolerance, "is
silent on the comments of AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi who
allegedly made controversial comments against majority
sections in the society," Laxman said.
Laxman was speaking on the occasion of former MP G
Vivekanand, who joined BJP in Delhi recently, visiting the
party office in Hyderabad on Monday.
Recalling that Vivekanand was a Congress MP and his late
father G Venkataswamy had been a veteran Congress leader,
Laxman claimed that his entry into BJP showed the prevailing
trend in Telangana (in favour of BJP).
Vivekanand, who was in the TRS before joining BJP, hit
out at the TRS government, alleging that it was functioning
against principles of democracy. PTI SJR
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