Hyderabad

Launching a sharp attack on the ruling Congress and BRS in Telangana, BJP President Nitin Nabin on Sunday said the state should be "liberated from the corrupt and family-based parties" and called upon his party cadres to strive to install the 'double engine government' of the saffron party.

Nabin, who began a three-day visit to Telangana, virtually inaugurated offices of nine district units and later addressed a meeting of the party's booth-level leaders.

The ideals of Telangana agitation have not been realised even 12 years after state formation, he said.

"Our cadres fought for the formation of Telangana. People of Telangana fought for it. But the dream of Telangana is still incomplete. Because corrupt and family parties have gripped Telangana tightly. Telangana should be liberated from the corrupt and family-based parties and taken forward on the path of development," he said.

Alleging that Congress and BRS are compromised with AIMIM, he said the BJP would never compromise, and it stands with the people and that the BJP alone can fulfil the aspirations of people after the upcoming municipal elections in Hyderabad and other places.

In a veiled attack on AIMIM, he said there are parties in Telangana which "in the name of jihadi" speak only for one religion and spoil the atmosphere of the entire country.

"Whether those leaders ever talked about development? I ask the people who supported them. They speak for only one religion. They gave up that religion as well when it comes to development," he said.

He said he has never seen such leaders speak seriously about development in parliament.

Observing that PM Narendra Modi led India from depression to hope, he said scams used to be discussed earlier. Today, semiconductors and AI are being discussed.

The previous UPA government was known for alleged scams, he said, adding that "Congress carries an Italian mindset" and not an Indian.

Paying tributes to former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao on his birth anniversary on Sunday, he alleged that Narasimha Rao, a proud son of Telangana, was insulted by the Congress even after his death. Narasimha Rao's mortal remains were not given the dignity they deserved, he said.

Hailing the NDA government for the "decisive leadership", he alleged that Pakistani flags were seen in Srinagar in the past.

When the country's soldiers were beheaded in the past, the then Congress-led government remained silent. But the present NDA government would remove the eye if anyone looks at the country's soil with an evil intention, he said.

People voted out the BRS in Telangana and elected Congress, but Congress has not fulfilled even one major promise, including releasing the job calendar.

Observing that the upcoming municipal corporation elections in Hyderabad and in other places call for struggles by the BJP cadres, he urged the party leaders and workers to work hard for the BJP's success in the polls.

If the dream of 'Viksit Bharat' is to be realised, the lotus should bloom in Telangana as well, he said.

"The Narendra Modi government is serving Telangana people through Central government schemes. But, I know that Telangana cannot be put on the development track, for which statehood was dreamed of, until a 'double engine government' was formed," he said.

When the BJP had only two seats in the Lok Sabha in 1984, one was from Telangana, he recalled, dismissing comments that the BJP is an outsider in the state.

Hailing that the BJP is gradually winning every state in the country, he said the day is not far when the saffron party would succeed in Telangana as well.

Congress took the benefit, though the BJP had fought against the previous BRS regime, he said. He also alleged that the grand old party always compromises on people's interests.

It is only the BJP cadres who can defeat the Congress in Telangana, he said.

Citing the example of BJP's success in West Bengal, Nabin urged the party's General Secretary Sunil Bansal, who played a key role in BJP's campaign in the state, to make double efforts in Telangana.

He also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries to fulfil the ideals of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Jana Sangh leader Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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Union Ministers G Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao and other party leaders attended the events.