K Chandrasekhar Rao met Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy in Hyderabad today
Hyderabad:
As new political equations emerge in the 2024 general elections, former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal Secular (JDS) leader HD Kumaraswamy met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) in Hyderabad today and discussed the current political situation. Of. The country and KCR’s plan to start a national level party. According to sources, the development of Telangana, the role of regional parties in national politics, the important role being played by KCR in strengthening opposition unity and the role of other political parties were also discussed in their meeting.
had a fruitful discussion with @ktrtrs Hon’ble Minister of Telangana for Municipal Administration, Urban Development, Industry, Commerce, Information Technology and Communication in Hyderabad. He is a stable leader with a great vision for growth. pic.twitter.com/F47ENrsj8K
— HD Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) 11 September 2022
During the meeting, we discussed issues related to the states of Karnataka and Telangana apart from major national issues.
I am overwhelmed by the hospitality and cordiality extended by Mr. KTR. pic.twitter.com/wnLU01wWPQ— HD Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) 11 September 2022
Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) chief KCR had earlier traveled to Bengaluru and met Kumaraswamy and his father and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda. JDS leaders reached Hyderabad for the meeting yesterday.
The meeting between the two leaders is taking place in the backdrop of the opposition parties holding meetings to form a united front against the BJP. It also comes as KCR’s latest push for a national role.
The new party is expected to start around Dussehra, which will be celebrated on October 5. Late last month, KCR had met Janata Dal United (JDU) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna and held talks on stitching together a united opposition. Front Against BJP Addressing a joint press conference in Patna with Mr Kumar, the Telangana Chief Minister had said: “We will try to unite all opposition parties in the country.”
Mr Kumar, who parted ways with the BJP last month and formed a new government in Bihar with Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, visited Delhi last week and met leaders of opposition parties and the BJP. Discussed coping strategies.
KCR recently pitched the idea of a national party in a plenary session of TRS and various public meetings. The new flag of the party is likely to retain the pink color of TRS, which has the flag of India embossed on it.
He has already promised free electricity to farmers across India if his party comes to power at the Centre. He has held meetings with farmer leaders from 26 states.
KCR has been talking about welfare schemes like Telangana model of development schemes for the agriculture sector, free electricity and pension for the elderly. He is quoting Telangana’s growth figures since taking over as chief minister in 2014, just as Arvind Kejriwal talks about schools and “mohalla clinics”, other concessions for the public.