KCR Welcomes New Members Into TRS

Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao, on Thursday, welcomed the decision of Congress MPs G Vivek and Manda Jagannatham, and of former PCC president K Keshav Rao to join TRS.

Talking to reporters after meeting Peddapali MP Vivek at the latter's residence, KCR said that the three Congress leaders - G Vivek, Manda Jagannatham and S Rajaiah - had tried hard to exert pressure on the UPA to take a firm (and favourable) decision on the issue of statehood for Telangana.

However, he said, the Congress High Command did not react favourably to the MPs' demand.

KCR clarified that the Congress leaders are joining the TRS not for their own political gains, but with the sole intention of achieving statehood for the Telangana region.

Describing their decision as historic, KCR predicted that several other leaders will also join the statehood movement soon.

The TRS chief appealed to all leaders from the Telangana region to unite and achieve political power in order to realise the dream of the formation of a separate State. He confirmed that the Congress leaders would formally join the TRS in a public meeting scheduled to be held on June 2 at the Nizam College Grounds in Hyderabad. (INN)