BJP welcomes Chiru’s Sircilla visit

KARIMNAGAR: Sircilla

BJP State president Bandaru Dattatreya praised Praja Rajyam party founder Chiranjeevi’s visit to Sircilla town to study the plight of distressed weavers and listen to the woes of bereaved families of powerloom weavers, who resorted to suicides due to unemployment.
Talking to The Hindu over phone on Saturday night, Mr. Dattatreya suggested that
Mr.Chiranjeevi should come out openly and expose the misdeeds of the State Government on all fronts.

He demanded that the government waive about Rs. 350 crore loans taken by weavers of the State.

He said that the party is taking all steps to fill the present political vaccum in the State. On the Telangana statehood issue, he said that the Congress had once again betrayed the people of Telangana after being elected on Telangana sentiment.

He said AICC president Sonia Gandhi has no face to visit Telangana region as can be seen from the fact that she is visiting only Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions.

‘Defeat Congress’

Calling upon people to defeat the Congress party in the coming elections, he said that the party would definitely grant statehood to Telangana as it has a history of giving three new States during the NDA regime.

He alleged that the Congress government is causing more harm to Telangana region by siphoning off the river waters from the region to other parts of the State. He wanted the government to convert the JNTU in Kondagattu in Karimnagar district into a university, on par with Kakinada and Anantapur institutions.

‘Sankalp yatra’

Meanwhile, in order to gear up the party machinery for the coming general elections, the party State unit launched ‘Sankalp yatra’ from Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanams in Vemulawada temple town on Saturday.

Bandaru Dattatreya, senior leader Ch Vidyasagar Rao, State vice-president G. Ramakrishna Reddy, district president Prathap Ramakrishna, district leaders B. Jaganmohan Rao, S. Kumar, BJP Kisan Morcha State president P. Sugunakar Rao and others participated.

The yatra passed through Sircilla, Yellareddypet, Gambhiraopet and Mustabad mandals on
Saturday evening.

It would be culminating on October 3 at Dharmaram mandal headquarters in Karimnagar district.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Dattatreya once again reiterated that Telangana state would be a reality once the party attains power at the Centre.