Central BJP leaders to tour Telangana in October

BJP's central leaders Ram Madhav, Ram Lal and others would tour Telangana next month to boost party's strength in the state, BJP's state president K Laxman said here today.
BJP president Amit Shah would tour the state after the conclusion of legislative assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Laxman told reporters.
Shah had initially planned to visit Telangana in September.
Ram Lal, party's organisation secretary, would come to Telangana on October 1, 2 and 3, followed by Ram Madhav on October 14 and 15, Laxman said.
Saudan Singh, another senior functionary, would visit the state on October 23, he said.

Laxman, who briefed on BJP's national executive meet held in Delhi, said the Telangana state executive meeting would be held in the third week of October to firm up its plan to campaign against the TRS government in the state.

Laxman said the MIM, which has been contesting in elections at different places in the country, should contest all the assembly seats in Telangana.
"Asaduddin (Owaisi, MIM president) is claiming. I am claiming, let MIM contest all over Telangana, without confining itself to old city (of Hyderabad)... It would be known what is MIM and what is its support among people," he said.

"They (MIM) go to Maharashtra, Delhi... Why only old city? Let Telangana people know. They say it is an all India party. Let them contest all the seats for Assembly and Parliament," Laxman said.
MIM has eight MLAs in Telangana Assembly, besides one Lok Sabha seat (Hyderabad) in the state.