No animosity, no friendship: TRS on NDA

June 14, 2019 17:05

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi would give issue-based support to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government, a senior leader of the ruling party in Telangana said on Friday, ahead of the commencement of the Lok Sabha session next week.

"No animosity, no friendship", K Keshava Rao, who was retained as Parliamentary Party leader on Thursday said, when asked about the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led outfit's policy towards the National Democratic Alliance government.

"Absolutely issue-based support; same thing (the stand adopted by TRS towards the previous NDA regime) will continue," the Rajya Sabha member added.

The Telangana Rashtra Samiti had backed the NDA on demonetisation, GST and in the elections to the post of President and Vice-President during its last term.

Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday shared his thoughts on the strategy to be adopted by party MPs in the Parliament session beginning Monday.

The TRS had aimed to sweep the recent Lok Sabha elections in the newly formed state, repeatedly asserting it would win 16 seats and its ally AIMIM one out of the total 17.

The TRS won nine Lok Sabha seats.

The BJP, which had a lone member from Telangana in the previous Lok Sabha, sprang a huge surprise winning four seats, while the Congress picked up three. -- PTI

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