Cong, TRS, TDP are private limited parties: Gadkari

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday described the Congress, the TRS and the TDP as "private limited parties" and made a strong pitch for change of regime in Telangana.

Addressing an election rally at Uppal here, he claimed that the BJP alone is a democratic party where a smalltime worker like him could rise to become its president and a tea seller could become the country's prime minister, reports PTI.

The shipping and road transport minister slammed TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for joining hands with the Congress, a bitter rival in the past, for the December 7 Telangana assembly elections.

Gadkari termed the "Prajakutami" (People's Alliance), the alliance between the Congress, the TDP, the Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) and the CPI as "opportunistic" and "not (based) on convictions".

"This alliance was formed only for selfishness... there is no coordination in their viewpoints... under these circumstances... running a government is not a game," he said.

The senior BJP leader said the Congress and the TRS are family parties.

"The Congress is a private limited party of Gandhi family and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is a private limited party of Chandrashekar Rao. They are not democratic parties and similarly, Chandrababu has also made his party a private limited party," Gadkari alleged.

The BJP is a party of workers, he added.

A former BJP president, Gadkari said he used to paste posters and make announcements on cycle rickshaws during campaigning.