At a meeting with Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in Hyderabad on September 11, 2022, his Telangana Rashtra Samiti counterpart and State Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao announced that he will shortly launch a national party and that its shape and character was being worked out.
The party was being launched in the background of a consensus that emerged at elaborate meetings with intellectuals, economists and experts from different walks of life urging him to strive for alternative politics with a national agenda.
A release after their two hour meeting said Mr. Rao and Mr. Kumaraswamy discussed the agenda for the national party. Mr. Kumaraswamy welcomed the idea of Mr. Rao floating the party and playing a key role in national politics. He felt the urgent need for a leader like Mr. Rao to fill the vacuum in alternative politics at national level. Both agreed that it was time for all political parties looking for an alternative to BJP and Congress to unite for protecting the democratic federal spirit of the country.
