Relying on a carefully crafted campaign strategy, the sitting MP and the BJP candidate from Karimnagar Lok Sabha seat, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, is sweating it out in sweltering heat on the campaign trail to retain the seat and the saffron party’s hold in the political nerve centre of north Telangana.
He takes on the BRS candidate and former MP B. Vinod Kumar and the Congress party’s V. Rajender Rao in the mainly triangular contest. In an interview with The Hindu, Mr. Sanjay exudes confidence in his reelection from the Karimnagar seat and a third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Centre. Excerpts from the interview: