Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao announced that he will soon launch a national party.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president Rao, who is popularly known as KCR, said that decision was taken after prolonged discussions with intellectuals, economists and experts from various fields.
“There has been a consensus on the alternative national agenda after prolonged discussions with intellectuals, economists and experts from various fields like we did before the start of the Telangana movement,” according to an official release from KCR’s office.
The move comes a few months after the TRS, in its Foundation Day event in April this year, adopted a resolution that the party should play “the key role in national politics” in the wider interest of the country as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is exploiting “communal sentiments” for its political convenience.
It takes forward KCR’s “BJP-mukt Bharat”, (BJP-free India) pitch and follows deliberations with several leaders belonging to parties other than the BJP and Congress.
The statement further said that very soon, the launch of a national party and formulation of its policies will take place.
The names that reportedly cropped up recently in the TRS circles for the proposed national outfit include ‘Bharat Rashtriya Samiti’ (BRS), ‘Ujwal Bharat Party’ and ‘Naya Bharat Party’. However, no official confirmation on the name of the outfit has come yet.
Earlier in the day, former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy called on KCR and discussed the contours of the proposed outfit.
Meanwhile, the BJP in Telangana has been working aggressively to take on the ruling TRS with its leaders touring the state vigorously. The saffron party has emerged as a force to reckon with in Hyderabad municipal polls and also managed to win in two bypolls (including Huzurabad) while the TRS won in the other two.
