Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) met Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav for lunch in Delhi ahead of the latest political test for the Opposition in the presidential election.
The term of incumbent President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 25 and election is expected to be held next month.
Mr. Rao, who reached Delhi on Friday, will meet over the next two weeks Opposition leaders and travel across the country. His party, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which so far has been supporting the government, has belatedly joined the Opposition space. On April 11, during a day-long dharna of the Telangana State Cabinet along with all TRS lawmakers, both in the Assembly and Parliament, Mr. Rao said he would bring together every non-BJP party to force the government to introduce a legal backing for minimum support price. He also said that he would be back in Delhi to initiate talks with Opposition parties on the coming presidential poll.
