BJP will free Hyd of Nizam culture: Shah attacks TRS, Owaisi
HYDERABAD: Asserting that the people of Telangana are angry and upset with the ruling TRS in Telangana and Owaisi’s “alliance”, Union Home Minister and top BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday predicted this time Hyderabad will elect a BJP Mayor in the city’s civic polls.
Shah, who offered prayers at the Bhagyalakshmi Devi Temple in Old City here, said the people of Hyderabad want good governance and they have belief in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and the BJP.
“The way the people of Telangana have supported Modi ji during the Lok Sabha polls (BJP won four seats from Telangana in 2019 Parliament elections)...I feel the beginning for change has begun and Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is the next stop,” Shah told TV news channels, participating in a roadshow in Secunderabad on the last day of campaigning for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections.
Exuding confidence that the BJP’s candidate will become Mayor of the city, Shah alleged Hyderabad lacked even basic amenities for the past several years. “...the way Hyderabad was flooded in the recent rains . ... the way encroachments are increasing and growing due to blessings of a party...The people here are angry and upset with TRS and
The way the people of Telangana have supported Modi ji during the Lok Sabha polls... I feel the beginning for change has begun and Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is the next stop AMIT SHAH , Home Minister
Owaisi’s alliance,” he alleged.
Shah said the presence of a large number of people shows Hyderabad is going to have a BJP Mayor. “The people of Hyderabad should also give BJP an opportunity and we want to free Hyderabad from Nizam culture,” he said adding the entire country is marching on the development path under Modi’s leadership.
Shah said wherever the BJP has won no communal riots have happened there.
Asked about allegations by TRS leaders that no central aid was given for relief work in Hyderabad which was hit by heavy rains and flood during October, Shah claimed the Centre has given the maximum amount to Hyderabad.