Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
Making a strong pitch for change of regime in Telangana, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday described the Congress, the TRS and the TDP as "private limited parties. The BJP alone is a democratic party where a small-time worker like him could rise to become its president and a tea seller could become the country's prime minister, he claimed while addressing an election rally in Hyderabad.
The shipping and road transport minister slammed TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for joining hands with the Congress, a bitter rival in the past, for the upcoming assembly elections in the state.
Gadkari termed the "Prajakutami" (People's Alliance), the alliance between the Congress, the TDP, the Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) and the CPI as "opportunistic" and "not (based) on convictions".
"This alliance was formed only for selfishness...there is no coordination in their viewpoints...under these circumstances...running a government is not a game," he said.
The senior BJP leader said the Congress and the TRS are family parties.
"The Congress is a private limited party of Gandhi family and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is a private limited party of Chandrashekar Rao. They are not democratic parties and similarly, Chandrababu has also made his party a private limited party," Gadkari alleged.
The BJP is a party of workers, he added.
Gadkari further pointed out that Narendra Modi, who used to sell tea, became the country's prime minister.
The Union minister appealed to voters to not think on the lines of caste, creed and religion and asked them to strengthen nationalism, politics of development and bring a change in Telangana by voting the BJP to power.
Telangana will go to polls on December 7 and the votes will be counted on December 11.
