Prime Minister Narendra Modi may find Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao missing at the Begumpet airport on Thursday when he arrives for the Indian School of Business (ISB) convocation, but his party will be according him a warm welcome with a felicitation programme planned at a makeshift stage at the airport on Thursday.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and national OBC president K. Laxman was not sure if the Prime Minister will be addressing the party leaders and cadre who are expected to converge in large numbers at the airport. “The cadre will be thrilled if it happens, but as of now it is not on the agenda. Mr. Modi’s visit has already galvanised the party and there is a lot of enthusiasm and expectation to meet and greet him”, he said, talking to the media after inspecting the arrangements underway on Thursday.
Expressing “regret” over the Chief Minister deciding to skip meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit, he said: “It is not good. We have to keep some traditions alive, show decorum and have mutual respect for the top posts. KCR should have been here and addressed the ISB students along with Mr. Modi as has been the custom. Politics should be restricted to election time and it is not good to do politicking at all times,” remarked Mr. K. Laxman.
