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BJP targets Telugu people votes in Gujarat
Updated : Dec 10, 2012
The BJP has targeted the votes of Telugu people who are living in large number in some parts of Gujarat. Considering the huge figures of the same, the party has deputed the Telugu leaders of the party to various parts of the state.
The party leaders like M.Venkaiah Naidu, Vidhyasagara Rao, Kishan Reddy, Dr.Lakshman and others are in the mission. Venkaiah Naidu has already campaigned in several areas in Ahmedabad and Valsad cities to request the votes of Telugu people living there.
P.V.S.Sarma, who is a corporator and Chairman of Telugu Foundation in Surat, is coordinating the kind of affairs in his city. There are 12 assembly constituencies in the city. There is a huge Telugu population in the city in the areas of Limbayat, Udana, Choeriyas and others. About 60,000 Telugu voters are living in these areas. On the other side, Congress party has also an eye on these voters and deputed its MP Anand Bashkar to the duty.