Narendra Modi, the most promising BJP leader for the post of prime minister has set his eyes on the prospective allies for the NDA coalition, as he began to show seeds of a larger overboard for the 2014 election.
The chief campaign manager of the BJP's election campaign for 2014, today joined his campaign in the Southern centre at Hyderabad, when he began to woo the prospective allies in the southern leaders like J Jayalalithaa and Chandrababu Naidu with praise and the call for a combined effort to make the country "Congress-free."
Addressing a capacity crowd at Hyderabad's LB Stadium he tear off into the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre on a host of issues including border security, foreign policy, the economy and Telangana, for which he accused the Congress of "turning brother against brother" in Andhra Pradesh. He counted the spat of protests that erupted on its announcement for a separate Telangana state that has provoked in the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. Accusing Congress he questioned,Who is responsible for the rift between people of Telangana and Seemandhra ?
Again he praised the legacy of former Chief Minister and one of the biggest stalwart of Telugu people, NT Rama Rao. The idolised leader N T Rama Rao was remembered to a call to oust the Congress, aided by his son-in-law,Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party, a one time ally of the BJP both at the Centre and the state.
Narendra Modi was equally happy to praise Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa remembering her as she also joined the Vajpayee government and as she regards him as a "very good friend".
The gathering of nearly one lakh supporters amid the ongoing Telangala protest, and the chorus of large gathering joining the tune of Modi in responding with Jai Telangana and Jai Seemandhra, assures his capabilities to win the hearts of Telugu people. The first step in South was a win win presentation