Hyderabad: “Modi ji has realised one nation, one legislation, one “nishan” (symbol)…But why does the Congress oppose it? The party says it (Article 370) was temporary. If 370 was so good, why you did not make it permanent? You had more than 400 MPs at one time, why did you not make it permanent?” asked BJP Working President J P Nadda during his visit to Telangana.
He further flayed the Congress by saying that Congress indulged in vote bank politics. Many people who had come from Pakistan after partition and settled in cities like Hyderabad have become leaders but people of Kashmir could not become even a councillor. This will be changed as the Article 370 has been scrapped and seats for Scheduled Caste and tribals would be available. Sardar Patel had united more than 500 princely states leaving Kashmir for Jawaharlal Nehru. But the State got into problems, claimed Nadda.
He was addressing a meeting where some TDP leaders had joined the BJP yesterday. He also hit out at Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao terming his rule as dictatorial. Pointing out that Rao’s government did not implement the NDA government’s ‘Ayushman Bharat’ health scheme, Nadda said Rao was focused only on himself and his family. He said the cost of Kaleshwaram irrigation project in Telangana has been escalated. He also slammed the TRS government for alleged failure to effectively implement schemes like Mission Bhagiradha drinking water scheme and Mission Kakatiya and double bedroom houses for poor.
Nadda is visiting Telangana for the first time after becoming the Working President of BJP. During his visited party office bearers and leaders of clusters formed for the coming municipal polls. He also held discussions on the strategy to strengthen the party presence in the State, the upcoming municipal elections and ongoing membership drive.