TRS, BJP have called me, gave no promise: Ramana

It looks like a tug-ofwar is in the offing between the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as Telangana state Telugu Desam (TSTD) president L. Ramana is dillydallying over whether to join the pink party or the saffron one. Both the national and regional parties are understandably vying with each other to rope in the BC strongman in the district.

“Both the BJP and the TRS invited me to join their parties, but will announce my decision after discussing with local leaders of the respective parties and the TD,” said Ramana while addressing the press persons here at the party office in Jagtial district on Monday.

Ramana

said

several unexpected changes were taking place in the state politics. The parties were assessing the situations time-totime to strengthen themselves from grassroot levels and were taking decisions accordingly, he said.

Belonging to the Backward Class community, Ramana strove hard right from the beginning to strengthen the TD. Chief Ministers of united Andhra Pradesh, late N.T. Rama Rao and N. Chandrababu Naidu gave him much needed encouragement.

Ramana was made a minister in the TD Cabinet and also the party provided him an opportunity to serve as an MP. Adhering to the principles of the party, he worked hard to increase the respect among the people for the TD, he said.

Decrying propaganda

on

the social media that he had sought some lucrative posts from the BJP and the TRS, he said he never sent any such proposals to other parties. Both the TRS and the BJP invited him to join their respective parties, but they did not assure him of any higher posts, he pointed out.

Ramana said he never ran after posts. When he was working for the TD, the party, identifying his services, had given him some responsibilities which he handled perfectly.

He said his well-wishers asked him to make wise decisions so that he could serve the people better. So, after discussing not only with the TD workers, but also with the local leaders of both the TRS and the BJP, along with his followers, he may announce his decision later, he informed.