Spurred by the Lok Sabha performance in Telangana, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking to conquer the south, beginning with Telangana.
Dozens of leaders had crossed over to the BJP from the Congress, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and even the Telangana Rashtra Parishad (TRS) at a convention titled ‘Namo Bharat-Nava Telangana’ held at Nampally Exhibition Grounds in Hyderabad, earlier in August.
At this convention, working president of the BJP JP Nadda declared that the BJP would settle for nothing short of occupying the space of ruling TRS in Telangana.
Nadda, like Shah a few weeks ago, made it