Calling the AIMIM leader Assaduddin Owaisi an avatar of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, BJP's Tejasvi Surya said every single vote for him was a vote against India. Campaigning ahead of Hyderabad's civic polls, the young BJP leader accused Hyderabad MP and his brother of 'playing divisive and communal politics' who did not do anything for the development of the city and stood by the Rohingya Muslims.
Calling the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation polls BJP's gateway to the south, BJP has all guns blazing for Hyderabad civic polls to penetrate its way into the regional party vote bank.