Telugu Desam Party(TDP) general secretary Nara Lokesh is in Tadipatri constituencey for the ongoing Yuva Galam Padayatra.The other day, Lokesh had an interaction session with Minority Brothers and took questions from them on various issues.
One of them asked Lokesh how they would justify their decision in case of alliance with BJP which is generally perceived as an anti-minority party.
Normally, Lokesh had to skip the question or talk against the BJP.But he came up with a convincing answer.He said there was no need for any apprehensions among the Muslims, even if the TDP enters into an alliance with the BJP.
“In the past, the TDP extended support to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre.Yet, there was no problem for the Muslims in Andhra Pradesh,” he said.
Lokesh said this time, too, if the TDP has an alliance with the BJP, it would ensure that it would not harm the interests of the Muslim minorities.“Like in the past, when the TDP had an alliance with the BJP, we extended a lot of benefits to the Muslims like “Ramzan tofah” and establishment of a separate federation for Muslims.
At the end of the day, TDP established a corporation like Minorities like no other government in the country.We sent three Minorities to Rajya Sabha and one to Lok Sabha.
We constructed a Haj house in Hyderabad and gave subsidies to go to Haj,” Lokesh told.
Later he attacked on YCP government that there are attacks on Minorities.
In Nandhyala, Abdul Salam and his family committed suicide due to YSR Congress leaders’ harassment.In Palamaneru, a girl Misbah committed suicide because she was given TC because the YSRCP leader’s daughter is getting second rank because Misbah is studying well,” he added.
