Former union minister Daggubati Purandeshwari today exhorted the people to vote for BJP if they wanted a handsome package for Seemandhra.
The BJP Seemandhra leaders held a meeting to discuss the latest situation in the State. Speaking to mediapersons later, Purandeshwari vehemently criticized the way they were prevented from going towards the well in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha when bifurcation bill was moved. Even when we asked the party high command several times as how it would solve the problems of Seemandhra, there was no response, she said.
Purandeshwari, who recently joined the BJP, said even the proposals put before the GoM were not taken into consideration by the Centre. In the wake of the State bifurcation, there is need to show the strength of Telugu people in the coming elections, she added. “I told Sonia Gandhi specifically that if the Telangana Bill was passed, she would resign”, she said, adding that BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu sincerely worked for good package for Seemandhra. Stating that people of Seemandhra have lost faith in the Congress, she urged them to vote for the BJP to get good package for expeditious development of the region.
BJP senior leader Prakash Javadekar, deputed by the party central leadership also attended the meeting. Development of both Telangana and Seemandhra regions will be possible only by the BJP, Javadekar said. Stating that the assurances given by the Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would be fulfilled if the BJP returns to power at the Centre, Javadekar said his party always struggled to render justice to Seemandhra region though it has not a single MLA from the region.
Javadekar also claimed that several parties were coming forward for an electoral alliance with the BJP. Keeping in view the national interests, the BJP would go forward with all these parties, he added. (NSS)