Telangana CM KCR to meet Mamata today to discuss Third Front

March 19, 2018 09:03

As part of his move to form a non-BJP and non Congress alternative, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao is all set to meet his West Bengal counterpart and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata today.

Rao, president of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti, will be accompanied by TRS Parliamentary Party leader and party's Secretary-General K Keshava Rao during his visit.

After Rao recently proposed formation of a non-Congress and non-BJP front at the national level, ahead of the next years Lok Sabha polls, Banerjee had spoken to him over

phone, extending her support.

"The discussions will focus on creating some kind of regional formation for setting up a political front with like-minded parties and for creating an agenda for the

country's growth," they said.

Nizamabad MP K Kavitha, Rao's daughter, is also likely to take part in the discussions.

Mooting the alternative,Rao had called for a "qualitative change" in politics and had also announced that he was ready to take on the mantle of leading a political front.

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