Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President D Srinivas on Tuesday said that the party would not rule out seeking support from any other like-minded political party, including the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
Briefing media persons at the Gandhi Bhavan on Tuesday, Srinivas said that Congress Core Committee member A K Antony had come to Hyderabad on Monday to hand a letter of invitation from Congress President Sonia Gandhi to PRP President Chiranjeevi.
The letter invited Chiranjeevi to New Delhi for discussing about a future alliance in Andhra Pradesh, said Srinivas.
Srinivas stated that the high command was keen to know whether the PRP was willing to join the government or to merge with the Congress.
He said that the high command's invitation to Chiranjeevi came as most of the PRP cadre were willing to work with the Congress cadre to check Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's group.
Reacting to various reports appearing in the media over the alliance of the Congress with the PRP, Srinivas said "We cannot predict what the future holds as anything can happen in the state. The Congress will hold talks with any party or leaders as the situation demands."
"We will also talk to Telangana Rashtra Samithi President K Chandrasekhar Rao if the need arises to protect the government at the centre and in the state," he pointed out.
When asked to elaborate, Srinivas said that the media must have patience and adopt a 'wait and watch' policy.
When asked if the Congress would hold parleys with the yet-to-be formed party led by Jaganmohan Reddy, the PCC chief refused to answer and sought to end the press meet.
However, when media persons persistently pointed out at the apprehensions expressed by some leaders that the Congress would bite dust in Telangana if it aligned with the PRP, Srinivas rubbished the statements and said the centre would take a decision on Telangana at the appropriate time, and would come to power in 2014 elections.
Courtesy: INN
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