Arvind Kejriwal
KCR projects national image with opposition parties' meet, Arvind Kejriwal attends
Hyderabad/IBNS: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao took the first step towards building a non-Congress Opposition Front with the maiden meeting with Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal and other top leaders at Hyderabad.
KCR's Bharat Rashtra Samiti's meet in Hyderabad's Khammam town was attended by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Kerala Chief Minister, CPM's Pinarayi Vijayan, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and CPI's D Raja.
CM Sri KCR along with Delhi CM Sri @ArvindKejriwal, Kerala CM Sri @PinarayiVijayan, Punjab CM Sri @BhagwantMann, former UP CM Sri @YadavAkhilesh, and CPI National General Secretary Sri D. Raja launched the 2nd phase of #TelanganaKantiVelugu today at Khammam. pic.twitter.com/j02Qcyi900
— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) January 18, 2023
JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy who has been supporting KCR's foray into national politics, could not attend the meet due to his ongoing Pancharatna Rath Yatra (statewide tour) in Karnataka.
Sharing the stage with the four Chief Ministers, Akhilesh Yadav, a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, said: "Yesterday the BJP's meeting (National Executive) concluded. They themselves said that 400 days are left for left. This govt is counting its days. It will not stay after 400 days."
The BRS meet comes days ahead of the grand finale of the Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra, for which it has invited 21 opposition parties including the Samajwadi Party and the CPM.
Kejriwal's AAP, though, is missing from the list of invitees.
All the parties attending, Rao's rally on Wednesday had skipped the Congress yatra.
Akhilesh Yadav and Arvind Kejriwal have made their antipathy toward the Congress clear.
The CPM, though, is in talks with the Congress in Tripura on a seat-sharing arrangement for the elections due this year.
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