National president of the TDP and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu today took part in the charge-taking ceremony of party leader Kasani Gyaneswar as the State party president, at the NTR Trust Bhavan.
Speaking to media persons on the occasion, Naidu said that Kasani had been made the State president of the party as he could ensure the development of the party in Telangana.
Adding that the TDP was the party of the weaker sections, he said that the party would get back its lost glory in the State under Kasani.
Naidu also claimed that he was responsible for the transformation of Hyderabad into a technology hub of India. He said that it was the then TDP government in the late 1990s that had taken Hyderabad on the path of development and technology, and claimed that Hyderabad had become better than Dubai and Singapore due to his efforts.
He claimed that the TDP was also thus responsible for the increase of the land values in Telangana.
Talking about his negligence of the party's Telangana unit since the bifurcation, he said that he could not focus on the development of the party in the State due to his focus on the development of Andhra Pradesh.
Kasani said that he had joined the party on the invitation of Chandrababu Naidu, and that he would work hard for the development of the party in the State. He said that he would tour all the villages in the State for the strengthening of the party.