Hyderabad: Telangana would be the next state after Karnataka in the south with potential growth prospects for the party,state BJP president K Laxman said here Thursday. "In the south, after Karnataka, the fertile place for BJP is going to be Telangana," he told reporters. Laxman was jubilant over the party's surprise leads in four Lok Sabha seats -- Adilabad, Karimnagar, Secunderabad and Nizamabad -- in the state.

"There is a massive response in Telangana. First time in the political history of Telangana for BJP,we are winning four Lok Sabha seats on our own and not less than 19 per cent votes. I feel proud as BJP's president," he said. Alleging that opposition parties joined hands (at the national level) with the sole agenda of defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said people realised that regional parties have become "family parties".