KARIMNAGAR: Former BJP national president and senior leader, Bangaru Laxman has said the party is committed to forming separate Telangana State.

"We stand by our Kakinada resolution of one vote two States. But the onus now lies on the UPA Government in general and the Congress and TRS in particular, who have obtained mandate from the people on Telangana statehood," he noted.

Mr. Laxman was in Karimnagar on Saturday to conduct political classes for the BJP district unit leaders and gear up for the ensuing local bodies elections. Talking to newsmen, he flayed the Congress party for not uttering a word on Telangana statehood and respecting the sentiment of Telangana during the recent AICC plenary session in Hyderabad.

In spite of forging an alliance with the TRS, the Congress was voted to power in Andhra region also, he said and demanded that the Congress bring in a bill in Parliament on Telangana statehood so that they could take a decision.

Local body polls

To a query, he said the Third Front would not be a reality in the country.

He also said there was no regional political party of the proposed Third Front that could secure more than 100 seats in Parliament.

He also made it clear that the BJP would contest individually in the ensuing local bodies elections and emerge as a force to reckon with in Andhra Pradesh.

On the formation of an alliance with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, he said, "There is no move as of today. Where is the question of an alliance with TRS, when it cannot comes out of the United Progressive Alliance Government," he added.

`Palleko podam'

He also said that the party's State unit had decided to launch `palleko podam' (go to villages) programme from February 25 to March 4 and gear up for the local bodies elections. BJP leaders B. Jagan Mohan Rao and S. Ravinder Singh were also present.

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