<p>Hyderabad: Malkajgiri MP Eatala Rajender is likely to be appointed as the new chief of the Telangana BJP unit.</p>.<p>With the current state unit chief, Secunderabad MP G Kishan Reddy being retained in the union cabinet, the BJP leadership is considering replacing him as the party Telangana unit chief.</p>.<p>Reddy had replaced Bandi Sanjay as Telangana chief last July, months before the Telangana assembly polls. At that time, people viewed Reddy's appointment as a temporary arrangement.</p>.<p>Rajender said he had received indications from the BJP high command in the last two days about his role as state unit chief.</p>.Andhra Pradesh and Telangana offer hope and promise.<p>In 2024, the BJP won eight of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, the highest for the saffron party in the state.</p>.<p>Secunderabad MP G Kishan Reddy, a member of the previous cabinet, and BJP's national general secretary Bandi Sanjay have been inducted into the cabinet.</p>.<p>Etela Rajender was also in the race for a berth in the cabinet, but he could not find a place. Rajender who hails from a numerically strong community of Backward Classes (BC) in Telangana (Mudiraj), suits the saffron party's OBC outreach.</p>.<p>With his soft-spoken demeanour, Rajender commands respect and admiration as a true taskmaster and a tall leader in the Mudiraj community.</p>.<p>According to some estimates, 130 different groups of backward classes constitute around 52 per cent of the total population of Telangana.</p>.<p>The major groups among the backward classes are the Golla Kurumas, Mudirajs, Gouds, and Pamdashalis, with an approximate population of 30 lakh, 29 lakh, 20 lakh, and 14 lakh, respectively.<br></p><p>Among the Mudirajs who wield influence in many assembly segments, there is no other leader of Rajender's stature.</p>
<p>Hyderabad: Malkajgiri MP Eatala Rajender is likely to be appointed as the new chief of the Telangana BJP unit.</p>.<p>With the current state unit chief, Secunderabad MP G Kishan Reddy being retained in the union cabinet, the BJP leadership is considering replacing him as the party Telangana unit chief.</p>.<p>Reddy had replaced Bandi Sanjay as Telangana chief last July, months before the Telangana assembly polls. At that time, people viewed Reddy's appointment as a temporary arrangement.</p>.<p>Rajender said he had received indications from the BJP high command in the last two days about his role as state unit chief.</p>.Andhra Pradesh and Telangana offer hope and promise.<p>In 2024, the BJP won eight of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, the highest for the saffron party in the state.</p>.<p>Secunderabad MP G Kishan Reddy, a member of the previous cabinet, and BJP's national general secretary Bandi Sanjay have been inducted into the cabinet.</p>.<p>Etela Rajender was also in the race for a berth in the cabinet, but he could not find a place. Rajender who hails from a numerically strong community of Backward Classes (BC) in Telangana (Mudiraj), suits the saffron party's OBC outreach.</p>.<p>With his soft-spoken demeanour, Rajender commands respect and admiration as a true taskmaster and a tall leader in the Mudiraj community.</p>.<p>According to some estimates, 130 different groups of backward classes constitute around 52 per cent of the total population of Telangana.</p>.<p>The major groups among the backward classes are the Golla Kurumas, Mudirajs, Gouds, and Pamdashalis, with an approximate population of 30 lakh, 29 lakh, 20 lakh, and 14 lakh, respectively.<br></p><p>Among the Mudirajs who wield influence in many assembly segments, there is no other leader of Rajender's stature.</p>