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Untouched terrain: BJP looking for a dominant spot in Andhra, Telangana

Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Somu Veerraju will helm the BJP's Telangana and Andhra Pradesh units, respectively

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In Telangana, the BJP is aware that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and K Chandrasekhar Rao’s overwhelming dominance in state politics is hard to crack

Radhika Ramaseshan New Delhi
The appointment of new presidents to lead the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana units of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would have passed off as a procedural, state-related exercise by J P Nadda, the party chief, had the changes not been invested with political significance that enthused the local cadre. Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Somu Veerraju will helm the BJP’s Telangana and Andhra Pradesh units, respectively.
 
Andhra Pradesh is practically untouched terrain for the BJP. But the impressive showing in the 2019 Lok Sabha election in Telangana fired up the local cadre to work and propel the BJP to a position