TRS chief Rao meets Rahul Gandhi

February 24, 2014 14:15

TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao today met Rahul Gandhi, a day after he held consultations with Congress President Sonia Gandhi following the passage of the Telangana bill in Parliament.

Rao's meeting with the top Congress leaders has come amid speculation over possible merger of his party with Congress or the forging of an alliance between the two. He also met President Pranab Mukherjee today to thank him on the Telangana issue.

Rao said that he had met the Congress Vice President to convey his appreciation for the Telangana decision. Congress leaders from Telangana had met Sonia Gandhi following which Union Minister Sarvey Satyanarayana had said that Congress was expecting that TRS would join it.

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