HYDERABAD: Union Tourism Minister and Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy on Friday clarified that the saffron party will contest on its own in all the 17 LS segments in the state.
His statement comes in the wake of seat-sharing talks between the BJP and TDP in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and comments of former BRS minister Ch Malla Reddy that one of his family members will contest from Malkajgiri even if there is an alliance with the BJP.
Speaking to TNIE, the BJP state chief maintained that the potential alliance will not have any impact on his party’s prospects in Telangana. “When parties are changing their name from Telangana to Bharat, where is the sentiment?” he wondered. “Development is on everyone’s minds now,” he added.
BJP general secretary Bandi Sanjay Kumar also ruled out the possibility of an alliance with the pink party.
Speaking to reporters in Hyderabad, he said: “Five sitting MPs and eight sitting MLAs of BRS are in touch with the BJP. That is why KCR is enacting dramas that there will be an alliance between the BRS and BJP.”
Stating that the BRS is a sinking ship and that it will not win even a single Lok Sabha seat, he said that there is no need for the BJP to enter into an alliance with such a party.