PM seeks support for Pranab from TRS chief

June 15, 2012 21:22

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called up Telanganha Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao and sought his party's support for UPA's Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee.

"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today congratulated KCR (K Chandrasekhar Rao) on the TRS victory in Parkal assembly bypoll. PM urged TRS to support UPA's Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee," TRS sources said.

When contacted for his response, TRS MLA and Chandrasekhar Rao's son K T Rama Rao said he felt that there may not be a contest at all for the post of President.

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