Special Correspondent New Delhi
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao met Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav for lunch in Delhi ahead of the latest political test for the Opposition in the presidential election.
The term of President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 25 and election is expected to be held next month. Mr. Rao, who reached Delhi on Friday, will meet Opposition leaders over the next two weeks and travel across the country. His party, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which so far has been supporting the government, has belatedly joined the Opposition space.
On April 11, during a day-long dharna of the Telangana Cabinet along with all the Telangana Rashtra Samithi lawmakers, both in the Assembly and Parliament, Mr. Rao said he would bring together every non-BJP party to force the government to introduce a legal backing for minimum support price.
He also said that he would be back in Delhi to initiate talks with Opposition parties on the coming presidential election.
‘No Congress’
Mr. Rao is clear that this anti-BJP forum must be without the Congress.
Even for the presidential election, he, according to sources, wants the non-Congress Opposition parties to take the initiative instead of relying on the Congress.
According to sources, Mr. Yadav spent nearly two hours with Mr. Rao. This was the first meeting between the two after the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, where the Samajwadi Party won 111 seats.
The meeting was described by party leaders as a courtesy call, but the sources said that many national issues, including the presidential election, were discussed.
At 5 p.m., Mr. Rao met also Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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