New Delhi: In a bid to stop so-called BJP juggernaut, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party presidentAkhileshYadav on Wednesday met Telanganachief minister K ChandrashekarRao in Hyderabad. AkhileshYadav said that collective effort of regional parties was needed to stop the BJP.
KCR had in March called for an alliance of regional parties to take on the BJP in 2019 LokSabha polls. KCR has met several leaders including Mamata Banerjee and DMK's Karunanidhi to stitch an alliance."Previous central governments disappointed public. I am happy that KCR is working towards uniting regional parties across India. If anyone can stop BJP, it's only collective effort of regional parties," said AkhileshYadav after meeting KCR in Hyderabad.
"This is a beginning of our discussions, we are making an effort to bring qualitative change in the country.Unless there is a quantum jump of things &structural changes made you cannot change the routine," said KCR. K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday (April 29) met DMK president M Karunanidhi at his residence and dined with MK Stalin while the two spoke to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee over the phone. KCR had said after the meeting, "We have been sharing ideas with Mamata Banerjee. We will also meet Chandrababu Naidu. We are good friends.
The parties who are going to join us and who will leave us is a decision that will be taken in the future. I was lucky to have Karunanidhi's blessings as he is one of the tallest leader of the country." Stalin too said that his party "endorsed" the efforts of Mamata Banerjee to bring together various parties against the BJP, News 18 reported.
Mamata Banerjee had in March met Sonia Gandhi and both leaders held discussions on plans to stop the BJP in 2019 LokSabha elections. Banerjee, who was in Delhi for a few days in March, had said that the Congress should help the 'anti-BJP' front which the regional parties are trying to forge. Banerjee is leaving no stone unturned to galvanise the opposition parties for a united fight against the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP).