Telangana CM to host Oppn prez candidate Yashwant Sinha in counter to big BJP meet in Hyderabad
India Today
Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao is putting on a show of strength by hosting the Opposition’s presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha while the BJP holds its two-day executive meeting in Hyderabad.
On a day when the BJP is gearing up for its national executive meeting in Hyderabad, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) is putting on a show of strength by hosting the opposition parties’ joint presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha.
Yashwant Sinha, who is in Raipur, is scheduled to land in Hyderabad at 11 am. In a grand gesture of welcome, he will be received by TRS president and Telangana CM KCR at Begumpet airport, after which the two will proceed to Jal Vihar at the head of a 10,000-strong bike rally.
At Jal Vihar, TRS MPs and MLAs will do a meet-and-greet with Sinha. The Telangana CM will address the gathering at the venue, which will be followed by Sinha's address. KCR will also host a lunch for the Opposition presidential candidate at 1 pm.
Yashwant Sinha, a former BJP leader before switching allegiance to the Trinamool Congress, has been on a campaigning spree ahead of the presidential polls on July 18. He is pitted against the NDA-backed Draupadi Murmu in the high-stakes election. The KCR-led TRS has extended support to Sinha in the presidential race.
Sinha will also have separate meetings with Congress and AIMIM legislators to seek their votes, before leaving for Bengaluru in the evening. All this will happen while the BJP goes on the offensive against KCR by organising a meeting of its national executive, a key body having nearly 350 members from across the country, in his capital.
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The BJP is holding its two-day national executive meeting in Hyderabad, the first physical meeting of the party’s key decision-making body outside the national capital after a gap of five years, and the third in a southern state after coming to power in 2014.
