Amit Shah to take primary membership in TS unit of BJP

Hyderabad: BJP national president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will take party primary membership as well as active membership in the party from Telangana.

Addressing the media here, Telangana BJP president K Laxman said Amit Shah is expected to visit State on August 17 as part of the Telangana Liberation Day celebrations.

He said the party working president J P Nadda would visit the State on August 18 for the first time after his elevation as the working president of the party.

On this occasion, some former TDP MLAs, MPs, and other leaders of that party from across the State along with 20,000 of that party cadre would be joining in BJP, he added. Laxman said the party has so far enrolled 10 lakh membership in Telangana and the remaining target of eight lakh new members would be enlisted by August 20.

Taking a dig at TRS working president K T Rama Rao, Laxman said people in the State were unhappy over the TRS joining hands with the Majlis and remaining a silent spectator despite the AIMIM leaders giving provocative speeches hurting and insulting Hindus.

Criticising the KTR for talking on national integrity and democracy, he said the BJP was in power in 18 states in the country.

The TRS which is hand-in-glove with the Majlis was not in a position even to pay tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who integrated Nizam State into the Indian union, he said.

He ridiculed the TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy for his comments and advised him to realise importance of national security.