HYDERABAD: The Telangana BJP could well have a candidate from the BC community as its chief minister probable for the Assembly elections later this year if the party’s central leadership agrees to a proposal discussed at a meeting of the BJP task force on its manifesto.
The meeting, held late on Wednesday evening, that was attended by state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, BC leaders from the party, and intellectuals, also discussed possible topics for inclusion in the party manifesto.
Sanjay Kumar said the BJP manifesto will only have implementable assurances and promises. “We are not a party that makes promises to deceive people in order to get votes, ours will be a realistic manifesto,” he said. Among the suggestions received at the meeting were a request to be made to the Centre to take up enumeration of BCs. Also discussed were the need to increase budget for BC welfare, ensure BCs do not lose out because of reservations for Muslims.
