Kishan Reddy vows to lead BJP to power in TS

Hyderabad Union Minister and newly-appointed Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday said he would work to bring the party to power in the State.

Reddy, who spoke to reporters in Delhi, said he has always worked for the party as a soldier since 1980 and that he did not ask for any post. He pointed out that nothing is more important to him than the party. “We will move ahead with the sole aim of BJP coming to power in the coming Assembly elections by coordinating with the national and state leadership and all,” he said.

The BJP leader said he would work to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Warangal in Telangana on July 8 for taking part in development programmes and a public meeting a success. Reddy replaced Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Karimnagar MP, as the party’s Telangana unit president in the poll-bound State.

An uphill task to get the BJP geared up for the Legislative Assembly polls to be held in a few months from now awaits Reddy. The task to win the Assembly elections is difficult as BJP’s rivals -- the ruling BRS and a resurgent Congress post Karnataka victory -- are raring to go. More significantly, the immediate task for Kishan Reddy is to ensure smooth functioning in the state party unit in the wake of rumblings that saw him replacing Bandi Sanjay Kumar as state BJP president.