Amid speculation of exodus of prominent leaders from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the aftermath of at the April 2009 polls, former Union Minister A Narendra today met Ms Vijayashanti, the member of Parliament from Medak.
The meeting comes a day after rebel TRS former MLA T Jaiprakash Reddy had met the actor-politician. Mr Reddy, supporter of Mr Narendra, had earlier represented Medak Constitutency in the Lok Sabha. He did not contest the April 2009 polls because of health reasons.
Post poll development had rattled the TRS and with the upsurge in media speculations, former State Minister T Harish Rao, the nephew of TRS founder-President K Chandrasekhar Rao, also met Ms Vijayashanti in a bid to stem the tide.
Ms Vijayashanti, the Secretary General of TRS, has not attended the meetings of the party. She had recently called on Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy ’’to discuss the development plans in her Lok Sabha Constituency’’ only to fuel the speculations on her possible entry into Congress.
The speculations started soon after the poll results with the TRS having two MPs -- Vijayashanti and KCR, providing cover from the anti-defection laws. Mr Narendra himself was an associate member after the BJP expelled him on party discipline challenging party veteran leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee. .
Vijayashanti too could follow the foot steps of Narendra after leaving the TRS and still be the Telangana ’hope’, party sources said.
The meeting comes a day after rebel TRS former MLA T Jaiprakash Reddy had met the actor-politician. Mr Reddy, supporter of Mr Narendra, had earlier represented Medak Constitutency in the Lok Sabha. He did not contest the April 2009 polls because of health reasons.
Post poll development had rattled the TRS and with the upsurge in media speculations, former State Minister T Harish Rao, the nephew of TRS founder-President K Chandrasekhar Rao, also met Ms Vijayashanti in a bid to stem the tide.
Ms Vijayashanti, the Secretary General of TRS, has not attended the meetings of the party. She had recently called on Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy ’’to discuss the development plans in her Lok Sabha Constituency’’ only to fuel the speculations on her possible entry into Congress.
The speculations started soon after the poll results with the TRS having two MPs -- Vijayashanti and KCR, providing cover from the anti-defection laws. Mr Narendra himself was an associate member after the BJP expelled him on party discipline challenging party veteran leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee. .
Vijayashanti too could follow the foot steps of Narendra after leaving the TRS and still be the Telangana ’hope’, party sources said.
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