Amit Shah likely to take party's active membership from Telangana

BJP President Amit Shah is expected to take active membership from Telangana, where party has set its sights on capturing power in 2023 Assembly elections, a senior leer said on Monday. "He (Shah) has promised and assured to take active membership from Telangana and Hyderab, that too from my residential dress," BJP Telangana unit president K Laxman told PTI.

Taking active membership is a symbolism which Shah is showcasing as he considers Telangana as priority state to come to power in next elections, according to BJP spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao. Laxman said Shah is expected to take active membership on September 17 when he is proposed to visit city to attend celebration of 'Telangana Liberation Day' (which marks merger of erstwhile Hyderab state with Indian Union in 1948), being organised by state BJP.

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He said party's state unit has requested Shah, who is also Union Home Minister, to attend 'Telangana Liberation Day' on September 17. Laxman alleged TRS government h betrayed Telangana people by t organising state celebration of day, though Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao h questioned K Rosaiah, n chief minister of undivided Andhra Presh, for t celebrating day.

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t only TRS, even erstwhile governments in undivided Andhra Presh did t celebrate day and only BJP can do it, he said. BJP president will dress a public meeting to be organised by party on September 17, he said. party's Telangana unit is expected to receive a boost with Shah taking active membership from state. Shah h launched party's membership drive in Hyderab in July and set a target of enrolling 18 lakh new members in Telangana in dition to existing 18 lakh, inste of 12 lakh as planned by state unit. Buoyed by its impressive gains in Lok Sabha polls (winning four of total 17 seats), BJP has been making determined efforts to emerge as alternative to ruling

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