Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy on Sunday claimed that Muslims across the country are supporting Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Participating in the Meet The Press programme organised by Telangana Union of Working Journalist at Press Club here, media persons here, Kishan Reddy said that the Congress and other parties were unnecessarily targeting Modi and trying to project the BJP as communal party. Contrary to these accusations, the BJP and Modi’s candidature have been receiving tremendous response from the Muslims in the country. He claimed that the Muslim entrepreneurs of Gujarat were extremely happy with Modi. The growth and income of Gujarati Muslims is highest in the country compared to any other State.
Kishan Reddy said that the it was the BJP which gave the slogan of ‘One Vote – Two States’ in 1999 and all other parties including Congress and TRS started raising the demand later. He said Telangana Bill was passed only due to the support of BJP in both the House of Parliament. He assured that the BJP would create equal opportunities for all if voted to power in Telangana. He said Telangana would be developed on the lines of Gujarat.
The T-BJP president also promised to set up a steel plant at Khammam on the lines of Visakhapatnam Steel Plan. Airports will be constructed in major towns including Khammam and road connectivity will be improved in all 10 districts of Telangana. He also announced setting up of a Tribal University and Textile Park in Adilabad. He said that settlers would not have any problems in Hyderabad or other areas of Telangana and they would live peacefully as other Telugu speaking people are living in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. (INN)