The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has decided not to attend the meeting convened by West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee to discuss Presidential election in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The decision was taken after hours of consultations by TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao with his senior party leaders till late in the night on Tuesday.
Sources said the decision to abstain from the meeting was based on four reasons. One, the TRS had already made its stand clear to maintain equidistance from the BJP and the Congress. The same was conveyed to Ms. Banerjee when she extended the invitation to Mr. Rao two days ago. Yet, she invited the Congress much to the dissatisfaction of TRS. It was not right on the part of Ms. Banerjee to invited Congress even after the TRS had expressed its objections towards the party, sources said.
