BJP-TDP combine will sweep polls: Reddy

hyderabad: even as the talks over seat sharing between the telugu desam party and the bharatiya janata party for the elections to the municipal corporation of hyderabad appear to be heading nowhere, the bjp is of the opinion that the alliance would sweep the polls. in an interview to the times of india, city bjp president chintala ramachandra reddy exuded confidence that the tdp-bjp alliance would sweep the municipal polls.how do you rate your party's chances in the mch polls? the tdp-bjp combine will sweep the polls. our campaign will be very aggressive and our tie-up with tdp will help us secure more seats this time. our aim is to marginalise majlis-e-ittehadul muslimeen (mim) and wipe out the congress. we are even ready to sacrifice some of the seats to the tdp for to achieve this purpose. what are your strengths and the strategy for the polls? we have been preparing for this election for long. our cadre is our strength.we have two lakh membership and 4,000 active workers besides lakhs of sympathisers.our party has three mlas and one mp, who is a union minister from the city. do you think you would get a fair deal in tie-up with the ruling party? our party has made it clear long ago. we are asking 40 per cent wards plus the mayor's post or 60 per cent wards if the tdp wants the mayor's post.the strengths of both the parties are being assessed. what are the poll issues for your party? the three main issues we would focus on include krishna water, securing a-1 status to hyderabad city and 'let us make hyderabad a slumless city' besides other national and local issues.the welfare schemes launched after the bjpled nda government came to the power at the centre will also be highlighted. what would be impact of telangana sadhana samithi (tss) floated by senior bjp leader a narendra? tss will not affect our prospects. except for a few bjp leaders in the city, nobody joined the tss. our cadre is intact. in fact, the bjp workers particularly the division-level leaders are unhappy with narendra for having left the party just before the mch elections.