Mahabubnagar: Hitting out at the Congress over rampant corruption, price rise and also the Telangana issue, BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the country would get relief only when the party heading the ruling coalition at the Centre is defeated in polls.
"Congress leaders are looting the country. End Congress rule and you will get relief. Separate Telangana (state) will also be formed. Price rise, unemployment, corruption are all because of the wrong economic policies and misrule of Congress," Gadkari said.

He cited the examples of 2G and CWG scams among others to highlight the alleged corruption during the Congress rule.
The BJP president was addressing a public meeting organised at Maktal in Mahabubnagar district on the occasion of Andhra Pradesh BJP President G Kishan Reddy kick-starting a `yatra` in support of the separate Telangana demand.

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Accusing the Congress of betraying the people of Telangana over formation of separate state, Gadkari said the BJP would create the new state if it came to power in the next general elections.
"(Home Minister) Chidambaram announced (in 2009) that Telangana will be formed. But Congress, Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh betrayed the people. They announced that Telangana will be formed but went back on their word."
He reiterated his party`s full support if the Centre introduced a bill for formation of separate Telangana in the upcoming session of Parliament.

The BJP-led NDA Government, headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had created three new states -- Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, he pointed out.

Gadkari expressed confidence that BJP would come to power at the Centre in the next Lok Sabha polls.
PTI