Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will not be a part of the national Opposition alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress announced on June 27 as the top leadership, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi, attended a closed door strategy meeting on the upcoming Assembly elections in Telangana.
While Mr. Kharge tweeted that the people of Telangana desire a change and were looking towards the Congress, Mr. Gandhi urged his party colleagues to set aside their personal differences and work together as a team.
The meeting, which was held at the AICC headquarters here, was also attended by general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal, AICC Telangana in-charge Manikrao Thakare, and senior leaders from the State, including Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief A. Revanth Reddy, Lok Sabha member Uttam Kumar Reddy, Renuka Choudhury, and Madhu Goud Yaskhi, among others.
