Rajnath Singh reiterates support for Telangana

Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Saturday reiterated his party's resolve to support separate State of Telangana.

The BJP leader has reportedly given this assurance to the State BJP leaders from Telangana region who called on him here on Saturday. Talking to reporters later, Nagarkurnool MLA Nagam Janardhan Reddy said that Rajnath Singh has assured that the BJP would support the Telangana Bill when introduced in Parliament. He said that the State-unit leaders have assured him that the party would be able to win 10 Lok Sabha seats from the region after the formation of Telangana State.

Rajnath Singh, according to sources, have advised the State-unit leaders to avoid groupism and division on region-basis. He said that supporting formation of smaller States was BJP's policy and all party men would to abide by it.