New Delhi: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhara Rao's thanksgiving trip to Sonia Gandhi's residence on Sunday afternoon once again raised the question: will TRS merge with the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls?
Accompanied with family members, Mr Rao said the meeting was just a courtesy call.
"No politics was discussed and it was only a thanksgiving call. I met Soniaji to express my gratitude for the passing of Telangana Bill in Parliament. Soniaji asked me to stay in touch with Digvijaya Singh," said Mr Rao, popularly known as KCR.
Aware that the Congress would try to cash in the popular sentiments in Telangana, the BJP, which too made a strong pitch for India's 29th state, is also trying to get its share of credit.
KCR has been at the forefront of the Telangana movement for the last 10 years. He was a TDP leader and Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly till 2001, before he quit the party and launched TRS to fight for a separate Telangana state.
Sharing power at the Centre and in the state hit Mr Rao's credibility as the UPA government didn't fulfill the Telangana demand despite statehood issue being part of the common minimum programme.
Accompanied with family members, Mr Rao said the meeting was just a courtesy call.
"No politics was discussed and it was only a thanksgiving call. I met Soniaji to express my gratitude for the passing of Telangana Bill in Parliament. Soniaji asked me to stay in touch with Digvijaya Singh," said Mr Rao, popularly known as KCR.
Aware that the Congress would try to cash in the popular sentiments in Telangana, the BJP, which too made a strong pitch for India's 29th state, is also trying to get its share of credit.
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KCR has been at the forefront of the Telangana movement for the last 10 years. He was a TDP leader and Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly till 2001, before he quit the party and launched TRS to fight for a separate Telangana state.
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Sharing power at the Centre and in the state hit Mr Rao's credibility as the UPA government didn't fulfill the Telangana demand despite statehood issue being part of the common minimum programme.
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