Hyderabad: Lok Sabha opposition leader Sushma Swaraj plans to address a public meeting in support of a separate Telangana state at Mahabubnagar near here today.
Swaraj, who voiced the demand for a separate Telangana state on many occasions earlier, is expected to highlight the BJP's commitment to the cause during the Mahabubnagar meet.
The AP BJP hopes that the public meeting at Mahabubnagar, followed by a massive meet addressed here by the saffron party's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi last month, would help strengthen the party in the Telangana region.
Mahabubnagar is represented in the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly by the BJP's Srinivasa Reddy, though Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao is the Lok Sabha representative of the town. There is speculation in political circles that the TRS president may not contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Mahabubngar.
