Ramachander Rao takes charge as BJP Telangana chief, vows to win local body elections

Senior leader and former MLC N. Ramachander Rao has assumed office as Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Telangana unit president at the party’s State headquarters in Hyderabad on Saturday (July 5, 2025). He claimed that the people of the State are looking towards the party as they were disappointed with the ruling Congress.

Addressing the media after formally taking charge, Mr. Rao said that his top priorities include ensuring the party wins a majority of seats in the upcoming local body elections and strengthening the party from the grassroots level with a focus on improving its rural base. “In a brief span of time, the Congress has earned substantial opposition from the public due to its non-implementation of the six guarantees and 420 promises,” he claimed, adding that not a single promise made in the 2023 [Assembly] election manifesto was fully met by the Congress government.

Accusing the Congress of deceiving the people, he urged party activists to wage a ‘righteous war’ (Dharma Yuddham) against the ruling Congress rule in the State and strive to ensure the BJP attains power in the next general elections. He also wrote a letter to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, stressing the need to fulfill poll promises.

Referring to All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge’s allegations against the Modi government, made at the ‘Social Justice Samara Bheri’ meeting held at L.B. Stadium on Friday (July 4, 2025), Mr. Rao slammed Mr. Kharge, stating that it was the Congress party that had governed the nation for about 55 years and ruined it.

“Instead of addressing the BC issues, Kharge used the meeting just to make allegations against the Modi government,” he said. Mr. Rao also suspected the sincerity of the State government in implementing the 42% reservation. “The Congress government would have consulted legal experts before passing the bills for BC reservations if it was really committed to the welfare and advancement of the BCs,” he said, citing legal issues. He also referred to the AICC as the “All India Cheating Congress”.

Rejecting the Congress’s claims that the party would retain power by winning 100 MLA seats in the next elections, Mr. Rao said, “It is not the Congress, but the BJP that will win 100 MLAs and attain power in the state.”

Earlier, Mr. Rao offered special prayers at the Bhagyalakshmi temple near Charminar and later paid floral tributes at the Telangana Martyrs Memorial at Gun Park before reaching the party’s state office in a rally.