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G Kishan Reddy takes over as Telangana BJP president
Reddy was accorded a grand welcome at the BJP state headquarters at Nampally, where he took charge from his predecessor Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Union tourism minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday assumed charge as the president of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Telangana state unit, weeks after he was appointed in the post by the BJP national leadership.
Reddy was accorded a grand welcome at the BJP state headquarters at Nampally, where he took charge from his predecessor Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who stepped down from the post of Telangana BJP chief on July 4.
BJP state election in-charge and Rajya Sabha member Prakash Javadekar, BJP state in-charge Tarun Chugh, Rajya Sabha member K Laxman, Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Huzurabad MLA Eatala Rajender, Dubbaka MLA M Raghunandan Rao, Adilabad MP Soyam Bapu Rao, Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Arvind, former MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy and several senior leaders were present on the occasion.
This is the third time that Reddy was appointed as the state BJP chief – once during the combined Andhra Pradesh regime from 2010 to 2014; and later as the first Telangana BJP president from 2014 to 2016.
Before taking the charge of the party president, Reddy visited Bhagyalakshmi temple and offered prayers. He also visited Martyrs memorial site and later garlanded the statues of BR Ambedkar and Jyotirao Phule.
After assuming the office, Reddy wrote an open letter to Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, demanding that the state government should fulfil the assurances and promises made, to the people of the state, by him during the formation Telangana, including waiver of crop loans of farmers to the extent of ₹1 lakh at one go; issuance of title deeds of lands occupied by tribals; filling of all vacant government jobs and payment of unemployment allowance to the jobless youth.
After assuming the charge, Reddy expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president J P Nadda for entrusting him with the responsibility of leading the party to victory in the next elections in Telangana. “I will put forth all my energy with diligence and commitment to drive the party to newer heights and serve the people of the state,” he said.
Former BJP president Bandi Sanjay said he would work under the guidance of Kishan Reddy. “I did my best as the Telangana unit president and I am confident that under Kishan Reddy’s leadership, the party would definitely achieve its goal of conquering Telangana in the next elections,” he said.
He, however, had a piece of advice to the party leaders. “Let Kishan Reddy do his job peacefully. I wish you won’t rush to Delhi every time to lodge complaints against him, as has happened in my case,” Sanjay said.
