Now that elections to Andhra Pradesh assembly along with the Lok Sabha polls are just four to five months away, Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to go all out to decimate Telugu Desam Party, though it has little stakes in the state.
As part of the strategy, BJP is roping in Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a massive public meeting on January 6 at the Bible Mission grounds in front of Nagarjuna University in Guntur district, which is closer to Naidu’s power centre at Amaravati.
It was at the same venue on March 14 that power star and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan held a public meeting, where he declared a war against the Chandrababu Naidu government.
Though initially it was decided to hold the meeting in East Godavari district, it was changed to Guntur because BJP state president Kanna Lakshminarayana suggested it for his own political reasons and also to throw a challenge to Naidu closer to his power centre.
The place is also centrally located to enable the party to mobilise enough crowds.
Apparently, Modi is serious about attacking Naidu on the latter’s home turf, because Naidu had challenged his leadership by holding a meeting of all the non-BJP political parties in New Delhi.
Modi will not only explain the assistance given by the Centre to the state, but would also expose the failure of the Naidu government in utilizing central funds and in running the administration.
“Modi shall give a fitting reply to Naidu who had taken a U-turn on issues like Special Category Status to AP and attacking the Centre on alleged non-implementation of provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act. He would also expose Naidu’s ill-intentions in preventing the CBI from conducting probes into the financial irregularities in the state,” a BJP leader said.
After Modi’s meeting, the state BJP leaders would take out a bus yatra to explain the people about the failures of the Naidu government.
“Even national BJP president Amit Shah would also be visiting Andhra Pradesh subsequently,” the leader said.
