'BJP ready to fight for Telangana with TRS'
Hyderabad,
Sep
18:
Inviting
the
Telangana
Rastra
Samithi
(TRS)
to
join
hands
with
the
BJP
to
realise
the
formation
of
separate
Telangana,
BJP
national
president
Rajnath
Singh
today
said
the
party
was
ready
to
fight
for
the
bifurcation
of
Andhra
Pradesh
with
the
TRS.
The
BJP
is
the
only
national
party
supporting
the
cause
of
Telangana.
If
the
BJP-led
NDA
comes
to
power
at
the
Centre,
it
would
immediately
take
steps
to
create
a
separate
Telangana
state,
he
said
addressing
the
press
here.
''If the TRS rally wants to achieve separate Telangana, it should come forward and join hands with the BJP,'' Mr Singh added.
Alleging that the Centre had failed to combat terrorist activities supported by extremist organisations based in Pakistan and Bangladesh, Mr Singh said the BJP would support the Union Government if an Act was brought to tackle terrorism.
Referring to Ramsethu issue, the BJP leader alleged that the Centre's affidavit filed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the Supreme Court that there was no evidence to prove the ''existence of the characters or the occurance of the events in the Ramayana'' had hurt the sentiments of crores of Hindus.
UNI