Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav calls on KCR

Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao here.

Rao hosted Yadav for lunch at Pragati Bhavan, his camp office-cum-official residence, official sources said.

Speaking to reporters ahead of his meeting with the BRS president, the SP leader said the aim of all opposition parties is to see that the BJP is dislodged from power at the Centre.

He said all parties who are fighting against BJP should come together.

Telangana Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav and other BRS leaders welcomed Yadav earlier.

Rao’s BRS did not take part in the recent meeting of opposition parties at Patna in Bihar.