Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav and president of Samajwadi Party (SP), one of the key constituents of the anti-BJP alliance taking shape ahead of the next general elections, was closeted for about three hours with Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao here on Monday.
According to BRS party sources, the two leaders had a one-on-one meeting immediately after a lunch hosted by Mr. Rao for Mr. Yadav and a few of his close confidantes who arrived here along with him. On his arrival at the Begumpet airport in a private aircraft, Mr. Yadav was given a warm welcome and was received by Telangana Ministers T. Srinivas Yadav and V. Prashanth Reddy and MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy.
The meeting of the two party chiefs assumes significance as it comes barely five days after the anti-BJP parties’ meeting held at Patna and attended by several Opposition parties including Congress, Janatal Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Aam Admi Party, Trinamool Congress, DMK, Shiv Sen (UBT) among others. However, BRS did not attend the meeting without specifying officially whether it was invited for the meeting or not.
