Amit Shah to kick off BJP poll campaign in Telangana

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a public meeting at Adilabad and a convention of intellectuals in Hyderabad on Tuesday, kick-starting the poll campaign for the assembly elections to be held on November 30th.

“BRS and Congress will be competing for second and third places as the people of Telangana are eager for a political change and have decided BJP is the alternative. This has become amply evident from the overwhelming response to the two public meetings addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mahabubnagar and Nizamabad last week,” said Union Minister G.Kishan Reddy.

“People have seen both Congress and BRS governments. Those did not live up to public expectations. The sacrifices of martyrs have not been acknowledged and it is only through the BJP that a government catering to all sections of society can be formed as people want to get rid of the corrupt family rule,”he added. Shah will address the rally at 3 pm and attend the convention of intellectuals in the evening, BJP sources said.

The senior BJP leader is also expected to meet party leaders and chalk out the poll strategies, they said. The BJP in Telangana is hopeful that its campaign for the assembly polls will get momentum with Shah’s visit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended development programmes and addressed two rallies at Mahabubnagar and Nizamabad in Telangana earlier this month.
Modi had then announced setting up a National Turmeric Board, a long pending demand of turmeric farmers in Nizamabad, and a Central Tribal University in the state.

The establishment of a Central Tribal University is an assurance mentioned in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. Several senior BJP leaders are expected to take part in the party’s campaign for the assembly polls. Their various committees will be finalising their respective reports and the campaign plan. The candidates’ list has already been finalised too. “We will work hard and unitedly to bring the party to power,” he said.

Former Minister and election coordination committee chairman Eatala Rajender said, “BRS government had started distribution of crores of rupees into the constituencies to win elections at any cost. The dreams and aspirations of the martyrs can be realised only though a BJP government.”