Hyderabad, March 6 : Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Sunday vowed to drive the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(AIMIM) out of Hyderabad and to make the entire Telangana as a “saffron bastion.” Sanjay was addressing a convention of BJP functionaries from Hyderabad parliamentary constituency at Minerva Gardens in Champapet. The convention was attended by on minister G Kishan Reddy, BJP floor leader in the assembly T Raja Singh, state BJP general secretaries D Pradeep Kumar and Mantri Srinivas, vice-president Dr G Manohan Reddy among others, along with large number of party leaders and cadre from the constituency, a party statement here said. Stating that the party had chosen Hyderabad parliamentary constituency to declare a war against the divisive forces, Sanjay Kumar pooh-poohed the talk that the old city of Hyderabad was an “adda” of the AIMIM. “Despite the police cautioning us, we held a meeting at Charminar and showed our strength,” he pointed out. Sanjay Kumar said that hard core Hindu leaders Baddam Bal Reddy, made the saffron flag flutter in Karwan and N Indrasena Reddy won from the Muslim-dominated Malakpet, while Raja Singh has been in the forefront in protecting Hinduism in Goshamahal. “The BJP has the capacity to win four assembly segments in the Hyderabad parliamentary constituency. So, is it difficult to capture the Hyderabad MP seat?” he asked. He recalled that the old city was like a “Mini-Bharat” in the past with people from all parts of the country – Kannadigas, Marathis and Gujaratis making it their home. “Subsequently, they all fled to the other side of the Musi river unable to bear the atrocities of the AIMIM,” he regretted. “Right from the beginning, it was the AIMIM which had opposed the formation of separate Telangana. It will embrace any political party that is in power for its selfish political gains,” he said. Sanjay Kumar asserted that the whole aim of the BJP was to develop old city on the lines of an ultra-modern city. “On the other hand, the AIMIM wants to keep the old city completely underdeveloped, though it hobnobs with the ruling party. The old city doesn’t have proper roads and drainage facilities, let alone metro rail connectivity,” he criticised. He said the TRS government was floating the theories of murder attempts only to malign the BJP, because it had realised that the people were strongly opposing the TRS and the AIMIM and all the surveys including those commissioned by KCR, indicated an imminent defeat of the TRS in the elections. He alleged that KCR was enacting the drama of entering national politics, only under pressure from his family members to make his son KT Rama Rao as the chief minister, as they realised that the TRS won’t come to power again. “He is touring states though he has no invitation from anybody. And there are no takers for his third front proposals, because nobody believes him,” he said. The BJP president called upon the party leaders to counter the TRS campaign that the Narendra Modi government had done nothing for the state and disprove their allegations with all the statistics. He also declared that if the BJP is voted to power in the state, it would build a big Bhagya Lakshmi temple in Hyderabad, on the lines of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. “Goddess Bhagya Lakshmi is a very powerful deity. We get positive vibes if we worship her. She would fulfill all our desires,” Sanjay Kumar asserted, the statement added. VV RKM