Congress’ fate awaits Telugu Desam in AP: Shivaraj Singh Chauhan
The BJP had started at zero and had came to power, and in Andhra Pradesh, too, the party will be strengthened from the booth level.
Vijayawada: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s senior leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivaraj Singh Chauhan, said that the Telugu Desam will face the same fate as the Congress party in Andhra Pradesh.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Mr Chauhan said the TD will remain an “empty house” in the state, like the Congress. TD chief N Chandrababu Naidu, who wanted to play an important role in politics at the Centre, has suffered an irrecoverable loss, Mr Chauhan crowed.
Mr Naidu, he said, could only criticise Narendra Modi and would not talk about his achievements in the last five years. It was Mr Naidu, he said, who had agreed for the special package in place of special category status for Andhra Pradesh and now was demanding the latter.
The Centre had released funds to Andhra Pradesh, but Mr Naidu's government had diverted and misused the funds, he alleged. The funds went into the pockets of TD leaders, he added.
Mr Chauhan said that Rahul Gandhi had “run away” from leading the Congress party when a captain “should lead even after facing adversaries.”
The BJP had started at zero and had came to power, and in Andhra Pradesh, too, the party will be strengthened from the booth level. He said the BJP aims to enrol 25 lakh members from the state.