The BJP Telangana State leadership is confident that the visit of the party’s national president Amit Shah to the State would bolster BJP’s prospects in the run up to the next elections.
Mr. Shah is scheduled to visit the State between May 22 and 24, spending most of the time in the neighbouring Nalgonda district. According to sources, the BJP president chose Nalgonda for his visit as the district has for long been a bastion of the Communists with the Congress too showing significant presence. He is likely to visit a couple of villages where he will interact with the residents and participate in community lunches being organised on two days. The BJP president is slated to review the party’s position at the grassroots level and give suggestions to the party’s State leadership on strengthening the party organisation from the polling booth level.
The BJP president’s tour has triggered speculation among the political circles that some leaders from other parties including the Congress were ready to join the BJP during the three-day visit. “Several people who are attracted to BJP’s policies are in touch with us. But Mr. Shah’s visit is aimed at understanding the situation at the grassroots level,” BJP Telangana State president K. Laxman said, adding that the party president’s focus would be on building up the party organisation in line with the party’s resolve to become an alternative to the TRS.
Mr. Shah will also interact with the party workers of Karwan Assembly constituency, part of Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat which is being held by the MIM for three decades. “Muslims, Dalits and BCs are at crossroads and they are looking at the BJP as an alternative. The focus of the visit will be on consolidating the support of these sections,” he said. The BJP would take up social engineering to give due representation to the marginalised sections as was done in the case of some northern States and it was confident of winning over their support in the next elections.
