TRS, MIM threat to national security, claims Telangana BJP

HYDERABAD: With an eye on various upcoming polls, the BJP trained its guns on the TRS as well as MIM on Sunday, calling them a threat to national security. However, both TRS and MIM questioned the claims of BJP, saying these were mere gimmicks and political posturing ahead of polls without any basis.
The state is set for bypoll for the Nagarjunasagar assembly seat, two MLC graduate constituencies and civic polls in Khammam and Warangal.Earlier, in a bitterly fought GHMC election in December the BJP had snatched 48 out of 150 seats leaving TRS with just 56 seats, while the MIM won 44 seats.
“The voters of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation have realised that an alliance between TRS and MIM is a threat to national security,” the newly appointed state executive committee of BJP said in a series of resolutions as the party tries to consolidate its position in Telangana.
“Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that he will float a national-level party and toured the country and the two parties had friendly contests in Hyderabad. Unable to bear the result, CM KCR tried his best to ensure that newly elected councillors do not go to council for two months using all the loopholes in the laws. Continuing the council with the mayor who lost the verdict reflects narrow-minded political attitude,” the BJP said in the statement.
Countering the BJP’s claims, state animal husbandry minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav said: “I want to ask what actually is happening in other states where BJP and MIM are contesting? BJP is only trying to taint us with communal tinge to get political mileage. But this won’t last long.”
While the MIM pointed out that it has never contested elections in alliance with any party.
“AIMIM and TRS never contested elections together. How can BJP call us an alliance partner of TRS? In GHMC elections, there was fight between AIMIM and TRS in several seats. BJP is trying to impose false narrative to misguide people. How can a political alliance be a threat to people and security of a state or country,” said an MIM leader.
In other resolutions, the BJP committee condemned the state for ignoring and blocking the implementation of central government programmes in the state, and questioned why the state government was not using the logos of central government for the schemes.
“The party rank and file has been given a call to prepare for an intense battle against the TRS regime. The resolutions very much resonate it,” A Rakesh Reddy, BJP spokesperson and member of the executive committee, said.
The political resolution introduced by BJP MLC Ramchander Rao also spoke about many sections, including dalits, tribals, pensioners and employees ignored by the state government and non-implementation of reservation for economically backward sections.
(Additional reporting by Nabinder Bommala)