HYDERABAD: On the day that the BJP announced Eatala Rajender as its candidate for Huzurabad bypoll, BJP state chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar threw down the gauntlet to chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, asking if he would resign in case Rajender won the high-stakes contest.
“Our RRR (Rajender, Raghunandan and Raja Singh) will voice the concerns of the people in the state,” Sanjay said in a wordplay of upcoming Telugu film ‘RRR’. Sanjay, who completed the first phase of his padayatra on Saturday, began the campaign for Huzurabad with Rajender on Sunday.
The BJP high command announced Eatala’s name on Sunday along with candidates for the bypoll in Maharashtra’s Deglur (SC) and Mizoram’s Tuirial (ST) seat. “Rajender is a staunch supporter of Telangana and fought hard for statehood. But chief minister KCR did nothing. TRS dismissed Rajender after using him. Will CM resign if BJP wins?” Sanjay asked.
Addressing the meeting, Rajender claimed that the TRS administration was waging a hostile campaign against him. “From making up false letters to threatening me, they are doing everything. But people will teach the pink party a lesson,” he stated. Warning that the constituency would erupt if was attacked, he said, “TRS is betting on strength and money power. But I am banking on people and I have courage,” he remarked.
Earlier in the day, the BJP state president went to the Bhagyalakshmi temple in the Old City. He stated that the BJP was ready to beat the pink party in Huzurabad and directed the rank and file to concentrate on the byelection.
On Monday, the BJP will have a gathering of workers from Huzurabad constituency to decide on their bypoll campaign strategy.
