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Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao to meet Mamata Banerjee, Odisha CM

KCR Is On A Four-day Tour To Meet Various Leaders To Garner Support For His Proposed Non-BJP And Non-Congress Front Ahead Of The 2019 Lok Sabha Polls.

PTI | Updated on: 23 Dec 2018, 03:44:03 PM
KCR is meeting with several leaders to garner support for his proposed non-BJP and non-Congress front ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Hyderabad:

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Sunday left here for Visakhapatnam en route to Bhubaneswar where he is scheduled to meet his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik in the evening. Rao is on a four-day tour to meet various leaders to garner support for his proposed non-BJP and non-Congress front ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. His party, the TRS, has hired a special aircraft for a period of one month for Rao’s trips to various places. “The Chief Minister along with his family members left for Vizag. He will visit Sharada Peetham and perform special prayers at Rajasyamala temple there. He will be leaving for Bhubaneswar this evening,” a senior TRS leader said.

At Visakhapatnam, he will seek the blessings of Swami Swarupanandendra Swamiji, an official release had said earlier. Rao, who is also TRS president, will call on Patnaik this evening and stay for the night at his official residence.  On December 24, the Telangana chief minister will visit Konark Temple and Jagannath Temple by road, it had said.

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From Bhubaneswar, the Telangana CM will proceed to Kolkata, where he will call on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Monday, the release had said. After visiting Kalimata Temple in Kolkata, he will leave for New Delhi in the night. From December 25, for two to three days, Rao will be in the national capital, the release had said.

Rao will make a courtesy call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his stay in New Delhi, it had said, adding he will also meet former Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav. During his Delhi trip, Rao is scheduled to meet Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Union ministers, with whom he will discuss issues related to the state, the release had said.

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First Published : 23 Dec 2018, 03:41:21 PM

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