More Cong, TDP leaders in touch, says BJP

June 21, 2019 23:26

A day after four TDP MPs joined BJP, the saffron party general secretary P Muralidhar Rao Friday claimed more leaders are in touch with the party and it will occupy the principal opposition space in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh within two years.

"In the coming days, there will be a lot of changes in Telangana's political scenario. In both the Telugu states - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, BJP is the only party which can fill the space of opposition in the next two years," he told a press conference in Hyderabad.

His comments come in the backdrop of four of the six TDP MPs in the Rajya Sabha joining the BJP Thursday and seeking merger of the TDP Legislature Party with it in the Upper House.

The Congress in Telangana has also been hit by desertions with 12 of its 18 MLAs in the state joining the ruling TRS.

Congress is a fast-disappearing party in Telangana. Day by day, hour by hour it is getting reduced. Many leaders in the Congress as well as TDP believe BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi alone can fight against the TRS," Rao said.

Many senior leaders were in touch with the BJP and "they want to join the party. We, in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, invite them to strengthen the party," he claimed.

Buoyed by its good showing in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Telangana, where it won four seats, BJP has set its eyes on further strengthening the party and is wooing leaders from other parties.

Senior TDP leader and former minister E Peddi Reddy has recently said he has plans to join BJP.

Congress MLA K Rajgopal Reddy has openly criticised the party and hailed the BJP, saying it alone can take on TRS, prompting the party to slap a show cause notice. -- PTI

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