National general secretary of the BJP Polsani Muralidhar Rao and the party's Telangana head Bandi Sanjay Kumar today welcomed several leaders from rival parties into the BJP.
Speaking on the occasion, Rao said that the defecting leaders were unhappy with the leaderships of their respective parties and had therefore defected to the BJP.
He added that it was not only the politicians of the state who were slowly taking to the BJP, the common people too were beginning to support it wholeheartedly.
"The BJP is the only real political alternative to the TRS in the state. The people of Telangana have slowly realised that our party stands for development and growth. They are beginning to support us now. They have also realised that the BJP is the only party that has the will and the strength to take the state and the country forward," he claimed.
Talking about the TRS' other major rival, the Congress, the BJP leader said that the party was nearly completely decimated in the state.
"The Congress is nothing but a relic, and belongs in a museum. The Gandhi Bhavan will soon become empty as the party is sure to die out completely soon," he said.
Rao then expressed his hope that following the saffron party's rising popularity across the state, the BJP would go on to win the next Assembly elections.