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Telangana CM to begin India tour with Chandigarh as the first stop

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao who had promised to return to Delhi to build a consensus for an anti-BJP forum, reached the Capital on Friday, marking the beginning of his whirlwind tour of the country.

In the next fortnight he will be meeting AAP, TMC and Janata Dal (S) leaders. On April 11, during a day-long dharna of the Telangana State Cabinet along with all TRS law makers both in State Assembly and Parliament, Mr. Rao had said that he will bring together every non-BJP party to fight for introducing a legal backing for minimum support price. He had also said that he will be back in Delhi to initiate talks with the Opposition parties on the upcoming Presidential elections.

On Sunday, he will be heading to Chandigarh where along with Chief Ministers of Punjab Bhagwant Mann and Delhi Chief Minister he will be distributing cheques to the families of 600 farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi who lost their lives in the farmers agitation.

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