Hyderabad, July 5 (UNI) Newly appointed Telangana BJP president Ramchander Rao on Saturday asserted that the BJP is rapidly emerging as the people’s preferred alternative in the state and vowed that the party will contest all seats in the upcoming local body elections — from ward members to ZPTCs — with the goal of forming the next government.
Addressing a press meet, Ramchander Rao reflected on his political journey. “I began as a grassroots worker in the BJP — pasting posters, riding a bicycle, and working tirelessly at the booth level. Today, being appointed as state president by the party leadership is recognition of the dedication of not just mine, but of the lakhs of workers like me who have built this party brick by brick,” he said
Rao said the BJP, which is in power in 13 states with its own majority and part of the ruling alliance in others, is the world's largest political party with over 14 crore members. “In Telangana alone, 40 lakh BJP workers are actively working at the grassroots. This is not just a political party, it’s a movement,” he added.
Taking aim at both the BRS and Congress, Rao called them “two failed experiments” that have let the people of Telangana down. “Congress won on the back of tall promises and now says there’s no money to fulfill them. From failing farmers with half-baked loan waivers to cheating the unemployed by not filling existing vacancies, the government is running on excuses and propaganda,” he said.
He pointed to the Congress’ promise of 2 lakh jobs, which remains unfulfilled, and accused it of misleading farmers with the incomplete implementation of the Rythu Bharosa scheme. “They reduced the promised Rs 15,000 per year to Rs 12,000, and gave farmers just Rs 6,000 ahead of elections. Is this how you treat the backbone of your state?”
Rao also hit back at the Congress’s criticism regarding urea shortage. “During the UPA regime, farmers stood in long queues and even lost lives due to urea scarcity.
Under Modi ’s leadership, Telangana has received 12 lakh metric tonnes of urea, with an additional 2 lakh MT sanctioned. The crisis is due to Congress’s poor distribution, not Centre’s failure,” he clarified.
On the issue of reservations, Rao accused the Congress of misleading the BC community. “They made tall claims about 42 per cent reservation in local body elections but never intended to implement it. It was merely a ploy to divert BC support from the BJP. We supported the BC reservation bill — now it’s up to Congress to implement it,” he said.
Defending Prime Minister Modi’s record, Rao said, “Modi, a leader from the backward class, has always worked for uplifting the poor and marginalized. More than half of the CMs in BJP-ruled states today are from the backward classes.”
Rao also took a dig at the Congress for its historic imposition of Emergency and called the party’s slogans about secularism and socialism politically motivated. “The same party that trampled democratic rights now lectures the nation on democracy. People will not forget,” he said.
Rebutting the Congress party’s tall electoral claims, he added, “On Friday in the public meeting, Congress leaders said they will win 100 MLAs and 15 MPs in the next elections. Maybe it was a slip of the tongue—they meant BJP will win those numbers, not Congress.”
Highlighting BJP’s recent performance, Rao noted the party's wins in 8 Assembly constituencies, 8 Lok Sabha seats, and 3 MLC seats, and said that the growing vote share reflects increasing public support.
“The people of Telangana are ready for change. They want a double-engine sarkar — a BJP government both at the Centre and in the State — that delivers development without corruption. We will wage a democratic war against the Congress’s deception and misrule,” he declared.
Ramchander Rao said that with the support of party workers and leaders, the BJP is fully prepared to take Telangana towards a new era of progress and accountability.
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