Hyderabad: BJP president Amit Shah’s road show in Andhra Pradesh has been scheduled on April 4. Amit Shah will participate in the road show on Thursday in Visakhapatnam campaigning for party candidates in Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies. The tour of Shah assumes importance in the wake of several pending issues with the Centre. Moreover, the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) parted ways with the saffron party over non-implementation of Special Category Status (SCS) and other assurances mentioned in the AP Reorganisation Act-2014.
Andhra Pradesh is heading towards Lok Sabha and Assembly elections on April 11. AP chapter of BJP has finalized the road show schedule for the party president Amit Shah, who’ll address in Vizag and other parts neighbouring constituencies. BJP is contesting in Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha and all the Assembly constituencies in it.
Sitting MLA R Vishnukumar Raju is facing tough competition from TDP minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao in the Vizag north constituency. The roadshow will be carried out from Marripalem, Kancharapalem Metta and other importance places in the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.
However, TDP and YSRCP are shrugging off any major impact of Amit Shah’s tour on the elections as the Centre failed to implement the assurances mentioned in the AP Reorganisation Act-2014. “BJP doesn’t have any moral right to contest in the elections in the Andhra Pradesh. What promises can BJP make as nothing the NDA government did for the Andhra Pradesh,” said a TDP senior leader.
