Chennai: The DMK on Tuesday indicated that its party chief MK Stalin may not meet K Chandrasekar Rao on May 13, as announced by the Telangana Chief Minister's Office earlier.
Sources close to the DMK President said Stalin was 'busy' with his campaign schedule for May 19 by-polls to four constituencies in the state and declined to divulge more details.
Earlier, a statement from the Telangana Chief Minister's Office (CMO) had said that Rao would meet DMK chief at his residence on May 13.
He had met his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday, even as Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy also rang up Rao after learning about his visits to Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Rao, who had floated the idea of a non-Congress, non-BJP front some time ago, met Stalin as a part of his outreach to regional parties with the DMK leader hosting lunch for the visiting TRS supremo and his party colleagues.
However, the Dravidian party later entered into a poll pact with the Congress and faced the April 18 Lok Sabha polls in the state in alliance with the national party as part of a mega-coalition that also includes the Left. The DMK's move is perceived as a signal to the Telangana veteran that it was keen to carry on its alliance with the Congress even after the results of the seven-phase polling are out on May 23.
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Stalin unlikely to meet KCR on May 13
MK Stalin is unlikely to meet K Chandrasekar Rao on May 13 as announced by the Telangana CM's office earlier. Sources close to the DMK chief revealed that Stalin was 'busy' with his campaign schedule for the May 19 assembly by-polls.
Chennai: The DMK on Tuesday indicated that its party chief MK Stalin may not meet K Chandrasekar Rao on May 13, as announced by the Telangana Chief Minister's Office earlier.
Sources close to the DMK President said Stalin was 'busy' with his campaign schedule for May 19 by-polls to four constituencies in the state and declined to divulge more details.
Earlier, a statement from the Telangana Chief Minister's Office (CMO) had said that Rao would meet DMK chief at his residence on May 13.
He had met his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday, even as Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy also rang up Rao after learning about his visits to Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Rao, who had floated the idea of a non-Congress, non-BJP front some time ago, met Stalin as a part of his outreach to regional parties with the DMK leader hosting lunch for the visiting TRS supremo and his party colleagues.
However, the Dravidian party later entered into a poll pact with the Congress and faced the April 18 Lok Sabha polls in the state in alliance with the national party as part of a mega-coalition that also includes the Left. The DMK's move is perceived as a signal to the Telangana veteran that it was keen to carry on its alliance with the Congress even after the results of the seven-phase polling are out on May 23.
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Stalin may not meet KCR on May 13
Chennai, May 7 (PTI) The DMK Tuesday indicated its
party chief MK Stalin may not meet K Chandrasekar Rao on May
13, as announced by the Telangana Chief Minister's Office
earlier.
Sources close to the DMK President only said Stalin was
'busy' with his campaign schedule for the May 19 by-polls to
four constituencies in the state and declined to divulge more
details.
Earlier, a statement from the Telangana Chief Minister's
Office (CMO) had said that Rao would meet the DMK chief at his
residence here on May 13.
He had met his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan on
Monday, even as Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy also
rang up Rao after learning about his visits to Kerala and
Tamil Nadu.
Rao, who had floated the idea of a non-Congress, non-BJP
front some time ago, had met Stalin in April last as part of
his outreach to regional parties, with the DMK leader hosting
lunch for the visiting TRS supremo and his party colleagues.
However, the Dravidian party later entered into a poll
pact with Congress and faced the April 18 Lok Sabha polls in
the state in alliance with the national party as part of a
mega coalition that also includes the Left.
The DMK's move is perceived as a signal to the Telangana
veteran that it was keen to carry on its alliance with the
Congress even after the results of the seven-phase polling are
out on May 23.
Incidentally, it was Stalin who had declared Congress
President Rahul Gandhi as the Opposition's Prime Ministerial
candidate at a party meeting here, though the idea did not
find favour with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
While by-polls to 18 assembly seats were held on April 18
along with the Lok Sabha elections, four others are going to
polls on May 19.
The outcome of the by-polls is crucial for Tamil Nadu as
it would determine the continuance of the ruling AIADMK in
power.
Therefore, all parties including arch rivals AIADMK and
DMK are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that they won
maximum seats even as Stalin has been claiming that the ruling
party will lose the elections and pave the way for a new
government headed by the DMK. PTI SA
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