TDP AND TRS

Last Updated: Tuesday, 06 January , 2009, 14:39




Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) appears all set to join the 'grand alliance', headed by Andhra Pradesh's main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and including the Left parties, for the ensuing elections to the assembly and the Lok Sabha.

In a move that could change political equations in the state, TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao said his party had come closer to the TDP-led alliance. The Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) are the other partners in the 'grand alliance', which has already set the alarm bells ringing in the ruling Congress party.
KCR, as the TRS leader is popularly known, told reporters at his residence Monday night that a joint announcement on the electoral alliance would be made after the Sankranti festival next week. Also present were leaders of the TDP, the CPI and the CPI-M.