hyderabad sources reported that TRS President and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao would not attend Wednesday's meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra modi to discuss the "one nation, one election" issue, among others. A senior leader said KT Rama Rao, Working President of the party and son of the Chief Minister, would represent the TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samiti) in the meeting.
TRS Parliamentary Pary leader K Keshava Rao told news agency "Working President KT Rama Rao will attend". Furthermore kcr, as the Chief Minister is popularly known as, had skipped the Prime Minister''s swearing-in ceremony on May 30 and also the NITI Aayog meeting last week. Apparently sources in TRS said kcr is busy with preparations for the June 21 inauguration of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation project that would utilize water from the godavari river, which flows through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Moreover he has personally invited Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers devendra fadnavis and jagan Mohan Reddy, respectively, for the event. Reportedly Vinod Kumar, a former Lok Sabha member, noted his party had put forth its views on simultaneous elections before the Law Commission during the NDA government's previous term that "it would be better to have all polls at one go".
