Kishan’s rushed visit to Delhi set off talk of new BJP chief for Telangana
Kishan Reddy, who was scheduled to attend `Bihar Diwas’ programme on Sunday evening, left for Delhi in the afternoon
HYDERABAD: Telangana BJP president G. Kishan Reddy’s decision to cancel programmes scheduled here on Sunday and rush to Delhi has set off speculation about the imminent appointment of a new party chief for the state.
Kishan Reddy, who was scheduled to attend `Bihar Diwas’ programme on Sunday evening, left for Delhi in the afternoon. Sources indicate that the national leaders have asked him to come to Delhi immediately.
On the issue of the new state chief, old-timers have been insisting that the national leadership appoint a veteran leader who is ideologically close to the party and not from among senior leaders who joined the BJP before the Assembly elections.
Many senior leaders have been meeting senior leaders, including party president J.P. Nadda and home minister Amit Shah, to promote their candidature. Some leaders have come out openly in the media about the national leadership’s conditions for the appointment of a new state unit president.
In the wake of multiple claimants, sources claim that the national leadership might have summoned Kishan Reddy to Delhi to understand the situation in the party. Reports state that the national leadership had already zeroed in on a name and was waiting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approval before making the announcement.
Earlier in the day, Reddy appealed to people of south India reject the parties which wanted to stay in power by unleashing a false campaign on delimitation, which was not yet on the agenda of the Centre. He pointed out that neither had the census been carried nor delimitation committee constituted by Parliament.
Talking to newspersons here, Kishan Reddy said that people would not spare the parties involved in liquor scam, which was evident with rejection of BRS and the AAP, The DMK which involved in a `700 crore liquor scam would face the same fate in the elections in Tamil Nadu.
He said the AIMIM was conspicuous by its absence at Saturday’s Chennai meet but had brokered a deal between the Congress and the BRS to share a platform.
Kishan Reddy said that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy would not be able to escape the wrath of people by resorting to diversionary tactics like raking up the delimitation issue. It would be ideal for Revanth Reddy to focus on fulfiling the poll promises instead of levelling false allegations against the Centre, Kishan Reddy said.
Asked why the Centre was not conducting the census, Kishan Reddy said that it was delayed due to Covid. Besides the decennial census, the government would normally conduct another census before starting the delimitation exercise. The Centre had not taken any decision in this regard so far, he said.
