NEW DELHI: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani has assured that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would introduce a bill for the creation of a separate Telangana State from the existing Andhra Pradesh immediately after coming to power in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
Nava Telengana Praja Party (NTPP) president T. Devender Goud, told The Hindu here on Tuesday, after meeting Mr. Advani, that the BJP was very much supportive of the formation of the separate State. Similarly NDA convenor and senior JD (U) leader George Fernandes and Rashtriya Lok Dal president Ajit Singh too said they were agreeable for Telengana.
Mr. Goud replied in the negative when asked whether BJP-NTPP electoral tie-up for the coming Assembly/Lok Sabha polls in Andhra Pradesh was discussed with Mr. Advani.
Mr. Goud, a former minister in the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) government led by N. Chandrababu Naidu, quit the party and floated NTPP a few months ago following differences with Mr. Naidu on Telangana.
The main purpose of his Delhi visit was to make the Centre to introduce the bill before poll and mobilise support for it among the political parties.
Meanwhile Telangana Intellectuals Forum (TIF), a non-political organisation, has sought early introduction of the bill on Telangana in Parliament.
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