With only three days to go before the election campaign ends in Telangana, the electioneering has reached a frenzied pace in the region.
Nalgonda, the neighboring district of Hyderabad, was the focus of attention of the top leaders of various parties on Saturday. If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed a Congress election rally at Bhongir, Sushma Swaraj, one of the top leaders of the BJP also addressed a meeting at Choutuppal in the district.
YSR Congress general secretary held a roadshow in Kodad and Huzurnagar constituencies of Nalgonda while the TRS president K Chandrashekar Rao addressed a meeting in Aler Assembly constituency.Film star Jaya Prada also visited Aler and held a roadshow in support of Rashtriya lok Dal candidate for Bhongir lok Sabha candidate K Dilip Kumar and Aler Assembly candidate Srinivas Goud.Sushma Swaraj, who also addressed election meetings in Narsapur in Medak and Hanmakonda in Warangal district, sought the support for the BJP-TDP in Telangana. “Only this alliance can ensure the development of both Telangana and Seemandhra States,” she said.
Sushma reminded people about the role the BJP had played in making Telangana State a reality. “The State is divided but the people will live together as brothers,” she said.“Congress has no right to claim that it has given Telangana State. It because of the pressure of the BJP that the Congress had to concede the demand,” she said.
Meanwhile, Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu held the roadshow in Mahbubnagar district in support of the candidates of the BJP and the TDP.The Congress which had won both lok Sabha seats in Nalgonda in 2009 is now locked in a tough fight. While K Rajagopala Reddy is seeking re-election from Bhongir, Gutta Sukhinder Reddy is contesting again from Nalgonda seat. He is locked in a three-cornered fight against P Rajeswhara Reddy of TRS and Chinnappa Reddy of TDP. In Bhongir, the BJP has fielded Indrasena Reddy and B Narasaiah Goud is the candidate of the TRS.