BJP national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao Friday attacked TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu calling him anti-Telangana while also slamming the Congress-TDP coalition for the December 7 state polls.
The BJP leader alleged Naidu's 'influence' in any manner in Telangana is going to hurt the state's development.
"In 2014 itself, the BJP understood the way he (Chandrababu) was functioning that he is working against Telangana...we have suffered because of that and immediately we have distanced unilaterally and came out of that partnership," Rao told reporters here.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) had an alliance with the BJP during 2014 elections in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Attacking the Congress-TDP alliance, Rao said, "Definitely, it will have serious implications and negative consequences for Telangana and its people. The BJP wants Chandrababu Naidu-mukt Telangana...we have become free from his influence...and we want to retain it. We will not allow any kind of this influence coming into the Telangana governance.
"It is the Congress which has to take a decision... the Congress has become covert to Chandrababu Naidu," he alleged.
For the BJP, the upcoming Assembly elections in Telangana are very important in the context of the south, Rao said, adding "We have a kind of ambition to expand in South. We have an abiding commitment for development of Telangana."
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