Vijayashanthi Getting Close to BJP Again

Whether a separate Telangana state would be formed or not still lies in suspense, even after a month long Sakala Janula Samme, which has virtually brought the state administration to a grinding halt. Going by the stances the political leaders of the region are taking, it is clearly obvious that none of them is really interested in the immediate formation of Telangana. It is not Telangana they are viewing at, but they have 2014 elections on their mind.

Surely, the TRS MP from Medak, Vijayashanthi is also not deifferent from the others. Political circles are abuzz with speculation that she may soon don saffron robes, shedding her pink ones. The reason for people to speculate that she may switch over to BJP is based on seeing the former film actress with senior BJP leader LK Advani till he completed his address at Prajnapur in Medak district on Wednesday afternoon as part of his Jan Chetna Yatra.

Ever since Advani's rath yatra has been confirmed in Telangana region, Vijayashanti has been saying that she would meet him as she has a high regard for him. The actress, who is from the BJP stock originally, has been showing more than usual interest in Advani and BJP of late, even to the extent of saying that if Telangana becomes a reality, it would be under the NDA rule and not the Congress regime.

On several occasions, Vijayashanti said she had no faith in the Congress that it would deliver Telangana and felt sorry for her party president KCR for reposing trust in that party. "He is in the belief that the Congress will create a separate Telangana state. But he is under wrong impression. It is only the BJP-led NDA which is committed to delivering it," the actor-turned-politician said recently. From the beginning, the TRS and the BJP had remained on the same wavelength. Soon after fighting the 2009 elections in alliance with the TDP and Left parties, the TRS chief had surprised everyone by meeting the BJP stalwarts to garner their support for the separate Telangana state.

But even this TRS-BJP camaraderie, sources say, might not help former BJP leader Vijayashanti since she harbours a feeling that Rao might give her a gentle brush off by not renominating her to Medak Lok Sabha seat in 2014 elections as the friction between the two leaders which almost reached a flash point when she used to be seen in the company of late YS Rajasekhara Reddy more often than not, kicking up speculation that she might move close to the Congress. But the death of YSR in 2009 changed the political kaleidoscope and Vijayashanti remained in the TRS. But her past attempts to build bridges with YSR rankles Rao even now and might make him drop her at an opportune time - 2014 elections.
 

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.