Sanjay launches ‘Basti Nidra’ at Nagole ward, interacts with slum-dwellers

Hyderabad: After BJP president Bandi Sanjay launched the ‘Basti Nidra’ programme, the saffron party’s candidates are identifying slums with less civic amenities to replicate their leader.
As part of this unique programme, Sanjay had spent Tuesday night in a slum, made use of the civic amenities available at a small house before resuming his election campaign on Wednesday.“Our president interacted with the people of Nagole ward. In the evening, civic issues were discussed during dinner. He made note of the problems after interacting with locals. He also took stock of the political situation after meeting the party workers,” said CH Yadav, husband of Nagole BJP candidate Aruna Yadav.
Dressed in a white kurta pajama, Sanjay visited a BJP workers’ house in Nagole and had dinner with the family late on Tuesday. Later, he retired for the day at the same house.
“Sanjay anna looked quite comfortable during his stay. However, he was surprised at the lack of civic amenities in our ward,” said a BJP worker from Nagole division.
Meanwhile, BJP aspirant from Banjara Hills, Baddam Mahipal, will participate in ‘basti nidra’ in NBT Nagar on Thursday. Kotta Kapu Aruna Reddy said that a list of slums have been shortlisted. “We have shortlisted three slums. We want to get a first-hand experience of living in slums. Only then can we do something useful for them,” said Aruna. On Wednesday, several BJP leaders visited slums to identify locations for ‘basti nidra’.