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Hyderabad, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao disclosed that a strong and
credible federal front as an alternative to BJP and Congress would come into being before the 2019 elections.
Speaking to the media at Kolkata after his hour long meeting with Mamata Banerjee on Monday, the Telangana Chief Minister disclosed that he had a fruitful discussion with the West Bengal Chief Minister in this regard and was happy that a good beginning was made for the formation of the Federal Front. He reiterated that the proposed Federal Front was not being thought of for any personal political agenda but keeping in view the aspirations and needs of the people f the country. It is being formed with peoples agenda as India is in need of a change for inventing itself as a strong nation.
KCR said that he and Mamata Banerjee had discussed various issues confronting the people like that of the farmers and agriculture. The country was being ruled for the last 70 years either by the Congress or the BJP and everyone knows what is happening. The people are aspiring for a change and for its there was the need for forming a strong federal front. All like-minded leaders and parties are being consulted in this regard and our programme and directions would be made known shortly, he said to a question as who would lead the proposed Front.
Mamata Banerjee, who was also present when KCR was interacting with the media, asserted that India cannot be ruled by one party. There is a need for the states to be strong in federal democracy and only then the country would be strong. Thus our aim was to build a strong federal political front to achieve this to make India strong. I am in full support of KCR and our efforts for the formation of a Federal Front would continue by holding discussions with all like-minded parties, she said.
KCR pointed out that India has abundant natural resources and a strong youth force. These have to be fully utilized to make the states strong and which in turn enable India to grow stronger. But unfortunately both Congress and BJP have failed in this regard, he observed and added that India now needed a miracle to take place and that would be the formation of the credible Federal Front.
The Telangana Chief Minister as part of his move to play a bigger role at the national level by forming an anti Congress and anti-BJP Front has put his plan into action by proceeding to Kolkata to hold discussion with bis WB Counterpart. He was accompanied by TRS National General Secretary K. Keshava Rao, MPs Jitender Reddy and Kavitha besides his political advisor and other officials.
