With the TRS-led agitation for a Telangana statehood gaining momentum, the Andhra Pradesh unit of BJP on Wednesday said it would soon launch a people’s movement in support of the issue.
“The party would soon launch a people’s agitation to achieve statehood for Telangana region,” state BJP president and former union minister Bandaru Dattatreya told a press conference here.
He said a meeting of intellectuals and pro-Telangana organisations would be held here on December 4 to formulate an action plan.
Alleging that the Congress, in power both in the state and the Centre, is the main hurdle in the creation of separate Telangana state, Mr. Dattatreya stressed the need for mounting pressure on the ruling party to bring a bill in Parliament for granting statehood to the region.
Meanwhile, a five-member delegation of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) led by party floor leader in the legislative assembly E. Rajender met Mr. Dattatreya and other senior leaders at the state BJP headquarters and sought support for their agitation.
Former TRS MP Vinod Kumar was also in the delegation.
Later, Mr. Rajender told reporters that a TRS delegation would also meet BJP leader L.K. Advani in Delhi to seek his party’s support for the Telangana cause
