Differences appear in BJP-TRS bonhomie

Hyderabad, Aug. 29: The bonhomie witnessed between the BJP and TRS during demonetisation, introduction of GST, Presidential and vice-presidential polls appears set to end now with the saffron party readying an offensive against the K. Chandrasekhar Rao-led government.

State BJP president K. Laxman will be leading a week-long “Telangana Vimochana Yatra” from Friday primarily to mount pressure on the TRS government to officially celebrate September 17 as “Hyderabad Samsthan Liberation Day”.

BJP president Amit Shah is slated to pay a three-day visit to Telangana from September 10. Shah had visited Telangana in May with an aim to strengthen the party in the state ahead of the 2019 elections. “The guidance from Amit Shah this time is going to be purely electoral, political,” state BJP spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao said.

On September 17, Union Minister Rajnath Singh will address a public meeting proposed to be organised by the BJP state unit to celebrate “Telangana Liberation Day (or Hyderabad Samsthan Liberation Day)”.

The ruling TRS had backed the NDA government's move on the demonetisation and the GST, as also its nominees for the presidential and vice-presidential elections, leading to speculation in some quarters on whether it is coming closer to the BJP.

— PTI