Krishnaiah's Upper House seat fuels BJP power talk

IN the wake of the BJP nominating R Krishnaiah for Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh, an interesting discussion is taking place among the saffron party cadres over whether the party, from now, was going to give prominent place to the Backward Classes in its scheme of things to capture power in Telangana.

- IREDDY SRINIVAS REDDY @Hyderabad

The party has already sent senior BC leader Dr K Laxman to Rajya Sabha member and has entrusted him with major responsibilities in the party at the national level. Apart from Dr Laxman, the saffron party has three of the four Lok Sabha members from Telangana from backward classes. Of them Bandi Sanjay Kumar is union minister of state, while the other two being Eatala Rajender and Arvind Dharmapuri. Now that Krishnaiah is being sent to Rajya Sabha, he will be an addition to BJP's repertoire of BC leaders from Telangana.