BJP promises Telangana if it takes power
September 5th, 2012 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday promised to form a separate state of Telangana within three months if it formed a central government.
BJP’s Sushma Swaraj gave this assurance to a group of party activists from the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh who were on a day-long dharna at Jantar Mantar here.
Sushma Swaraj, who went to the protest venue after parliament was adjourned till 12 noon, said: “Within three months of BJP coming to power at the centre, we will form a Telangana state.”
Criticising the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for going back on its promise of carving out Telangana, she said: “Do not trust the UPA government any more.”
Earlier, BJP leader Arun Jaitley also addressed the party workers from Telangana at Jantar Mantar.
–Indo-Asian News Service
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