Which political party gave the slogan "One-Vote-Two-States" in the context of Telangana Statehood?

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TSPSC AE 2015 Paper I (General Studies & General Ability) Official Paper

Answer 1

Correct answer is: Bharatiya Janata Party

Key Points

Bharatiya Janata Party is the political party which gave the slogan ‘One Vote-Two States’ in the context of statehood of Telangana.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) passed a resolution favoring the formation of a separate Telangana state at its Kakinada session in 1997.
It campaigned on the slogan "one vote, two states" in the 1998 Lok Sabha elections.
The BJP performed admirably in that election, finishing on par with the Congress and receiving more votes than the TDP in Telangana.

Additional Information

Since the beginning of the movement for Telangana statehood, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) played a positive role in favor of Telangana.
During the election campaign of 1997, Vajpayee declared that their party was for Telangana.
In the year 1997, at the state level annual conference that was held at Kakinada, BJP took a resolution to bifurcate the state of Andhra Pradesh and form Telangana state.
Their slogan was ‘one vote, two states’.