Amit Shah appeals to people of Telangana to give over 12 seats to BJP

Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday appealed to the people of Telangana to give more than 12 Lok Sabha seats to the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections, promising to liberate the state from the “shadows of Nizam” after 75 years.Amit Shah alleged that the Congress and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) followed the agenda of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), adding that the two parties can’t liberate Telangana from the influence of Majlis and Nizam.The senior BJP leader was addressing polling booth presidents of the BJP at the LB Stadium here as part of the party’s preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.In 2019, the BJP had bagged four out of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in the southern state.Amit Shah said that when the people of Telangana gave a mandate to the Congress, they thought the influence of Majlis may come to an end, but when the Assembly session began, the Congress government went out of the way and threw all norms to the winds, as it made a Majlis leader the interim Speaker. “With this, the Congress started prostrating before them,” he remarked.He also alleged that the both Congress and the BRS can’t celebrate Hyderabad Liberation Day and honour Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, as they are afraid of its vote bank. The Home Minister claimed that the BJP is not afraid of vote bank, as it is dedicated to Telangana’s welfare and people’s self-respect.Alleging that all three parties are family-centric outfits, he said they only want to promote their children in