Lok Sabha polls could be held in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana in first week of April: Union Minister Kishan Reddy
Lok Sabha elections could be held in the first week of April in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy here on Sunday said the BJP is gearing up for the polls and that Narendra Modi would become Prime Minister for the third time. Going by the schedule of the elections last time (in 2019), the polls could be held in AP and Telangana in the first week of April, Kishan Reddy, the Telangana BJP president said.
«Under the leadership of Narendra Modi ji, we are (going to) polls for the third time, notification is going to come next month.
We are getting ready for parliament elections,» he said.
«Elections may happen in the Telugu states in the first week of April. We have seen the Election Commission's schedule last time.
If we see that, elections would be there in the first week (of April),» he said.
While Union Ministers had to go to jail during the previous UPA regime over allegations of corruption, a stable, honest and efficient government has been in place under the leadership of PM Modi in the last nine and a half years, he said.
India has emerged as the fifth largest economy and there has been peace in the country without bomb blasts, communal clashes and activities of the (Pakistan spy agency) ISI, he said.
Various sectors, including national highways and agriculture have witnessed progress and several reforms and major decisions like abolition of Article 370 and triple talaq were taken by the government, he said.
Four crore houses for the poor were built and handed over to beneficiaries during the last nine and a half years, while the previous BRS government in Telangana could not provide housing to the poor, he said.
The ruling Congress made a slew of promises to the poor but it does not
