Calling BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat Madhavi Latha a “lioness”, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Navneet Rana said Madhavi Latha will stop Hyderabad from becoming Pakistan and will work for the development of the state, reported news agency ANI. .
“The way Madhavi Latha is contesting like a lioness, in a family bastion seat and even the Congress is fielding a dummy candidate to support AIMIM – I feel Owaisi should contest from somewhere else and see what the real strength is. The kind of support Madhavi Latha is getting from the people who are with India – everyone will vote for Madhavi Latha this time… I hope when the voting is done, Madhavi Latha will definitely stop Hyderabad from becoming Pakistan and work for the development of Hyderabad through Parliament,” MP Amravati told reporters in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Amid the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he further attacked AIMIM and Congress and claimed that if the people of the country vote for AIMIM and Congress, they will go straight to Pakistan.
“If you vote for AIMIM and Congress, it will go straight to Pakistan. The kind of `AIMIM prem` and `Rahul prem` that Pakistan is showing, which defeats Modi and makes Rahul win. Just like the Congress government ruled the country signs from Pakistan, Pakistan itself today says it loves Congress and AIMIM,” Navneet Rana said, ANI reported.
Madhavi Latha faces a formidable opponent – four-time Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi.
This is the first time that the BJP has fielded a female candidate from the Hyderabad constituency.
Asaduddin has been the elected representative of Hyderabad since 2004. He was previously elected MLA twice in the erstwhile undivided state of Andhra Pradesh.
Before Owaisi, who first won the seat in 2004, Hyderabad was represented in the Lok Sabha by his father, Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, since 1984. Apart from the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat, all the assembly seats in Hyderabad, except Goshamahal, are held by the AIMIM.
The Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven assembly segments: Bahadurpura, Chandrayangutta, Charminar, Goshamahal, Karwan, Malakpet and Yakatpura. All the assembly seats, with the sole exception of Goshamahal, are currently held by AIMIM.
Voting for all 17 seats in Telangana will be held on May 13 in the fourth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024.
In the 2019 elections, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which was then renamed Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), won nine seats, while the BJP won four. The Congress and AIMIM were at the bottom with three and one seats respectively.
(With contributions from ANI)