Highly placed sources told Deccan Chronicle that the central leadership also didn’t want the divide between the old-timers and newcomers in the party in Telangana to grow further, and is keen on ending the infighting
Bharatiya Janata Party under no circumstances would leave an impression among the people that it has been soft-pedalling with the Bharata Rashtra Samithi, and endanger its plans to position itself as the lone alternative to the Congress in Telangana.(Image:DC)
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party under no circumstances would leave an impression among the people that it has been soft-pedalling with the Bharata Rashtra Samithi, and endanger its plans to position itself as the lone alternative to the Congress in Telangana.
Highly placed sources told Deccan Chronicle that the central leadership also didn’t want the divide between the old-timers and newcomers in the party in Telangana to grow further, and is keen on ending the infighting. As the joining of leaders from other parties has been leading to disturbances, the party is firm on disciplining those leaders airing views contrary to the party stand.
The BJP lost it rhythm in the run-up to the 2023 Assembly polls after changing guard in the state, and delay in the arrest of BRS MLC K. Kavitha, the daughter of former chief K. Chandrashekar Rao, in the Delhi liquor scam also dented its image. It recovered well and put up a spectacular show in Lok Sabha polls, winning eight if the 17 seats in Telangana.
However in the recent past, the Congress, in particular Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, has renewed the allegations of a BJP-BRS nexus citing, delay in action by the Enforcement Directorate in the Formula E scam and bringing home the phone-tapping accused police officerT. Prabhakar Rao who is in the United States.
The party’s state-by-state focus and strengthening the organisation set-up yielded results in Odisha, sources said. Telangana too has joined the list of must-win states along with West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
“The BRS is led by someone who runs politics while sitting in a farmhouse when in the government or out of it and will have no future,” a top functionary said adding that the leader had unleashed his son and daughter to loot. The BJP didn’t subscribe to the idea that splitting the anti-establishment vote would ultimately help the Congress; it was of the view that the BRS would become a spent force.
“Janata BRS ko khaali karegi, hum nahin,” the top leader said when asked if the BJP would engineer a split in the BRS.
The party leadership has asked its state leaders to dispel rumours that injustice would be done to the southern states in the delimitation of Lok Sabha seats. “It’s an apprehension. There will be proportionate increase for all and no state will lose seats,” another central leader pointed out.
The party also has no inclination to seek a merger of Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. The rumours have been stemming out of PK’s new-found love for Sanatana Dharma.
Contrary to criticism from opponents, the Central BJP leader claimed that the party was more secular than any other party in the country since its governments never discriminated against nor favoured any religion while extending welfare schemes. "There must be crores of Muslims benefiting from our flagship programmes like gas cylinder and toilets. We never claim that we extended benefits to Muslims or other minorities because we never try to appease them," he added.
Asked about the AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi being accused of playing the B team of BJP in the elections, the leader said the Jan Sangh too once faced the criticism of catering to the interests of Congress, which never was the case. “Now that BJP has become stronger and the Number One, other parties are accused of playing our B team,” he said
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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