Amid attempts to forge an alliance without BJP–Congress for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, TRS Boss and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday met TMC Supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata.
Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao meets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. pic.twitter.com/234HU98uTE
— ANI (@ANI) December 24, 2018
Mamata Banerjee in last few months had also traveled lengths and breaths of the country to explore possibilities for forming an alliance of regional parties in a run to the general elections 2019.
After meeting Mamata Banerjee, KCR said “Our dialogue will continue, very shortly we will come out with a concrete plan. We are discussing things. I will continue with my efforts”.
Telangana CM K. C Rao after meeting with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee: Our dialogue will continue, very shortly we will come out with a concrete plan. We are discussing things. I will continue with my efforts. pic.twitter.com/cXgl84rmyz
— ANI (@ANI) December 24, 2018
Earlier on Sunday, K Chandrashekhar, popularly known as KCR among his supporters had met his Odisha counterpart, Naveen Patnaik in Bhubneshwar.
Both KCR and Patnaik addresses presser after the meeting. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik started by saying, “We discussed several things including friendship of like-minded parties. We’ve not thought that (Parliament elections) far. Speaking to media persons, Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao said, “Country needs a change for which dialogue has begun, we’re doing our part but nothing concrete has emerged. We’ve just begun the dialogue; we will meet again to discuss how to take things forward.
K Chandrashekhar Rao will fly to Delhi after meeting Mamata Banerjee. In Delhi, KCR is expected to reach BSP Supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav. Interestingly, Both SP and BSP has reportedly finalized the seat-pact in Uttar Pradesh and kept Congress away from the ‘Coalition’.
KCR will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a courtesy call and will discuss some state-related issues.
According to a statement from the Telangana Chief Minister’s Office, the TRS has engaged a special flight for one month, indicates that TRS Chief and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar will be on run to reach out other regional partners to forge a federal alliance.
TRS after registering a resounding victory in the recently held Telangana State Polls has announced its entry in the national Politics. KCR’s Daugther and Nizamabad MP, K Kavitha recently said that TRS is exploring possibilities to form a front without Congress-BJP and will only have regional parties.
KCR right after winning state Polls, Appointed his son KT Rama Rao as the working President of the Party. The Move indicated that KCR himself wants to focus nationally ahead of Lok Sabha 2019 Elections. KT Rama Rao, popularly known as KTR among his supporters recently said his party next step is to win 16 seats of Lok Sabha out of 17 in the Telangana State, leaving one for AIMIM.