Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that our nation does not need a political front or realignments with the sole agenda of removing the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) from ruling at the Centre. He called for a new people’s agenda for the country’s progress and development.
Rao has held a series of meetings to form an alliance against the BJP for the 2024 national polls. In March, he met his Jharkhand counterpart, Hemant Soren. In February, he met Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar in Mumbai.
Thackeray’s Shiv Sena and the NCP made it clear they will not join an Opposition front without Congress. Congress is also a part of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led government in Jharkhand.
Following his meetings in Mumbai, KCR vowed to fight “divisive, communal forces” and play a role in national politics in order to bring about a change in the country’s governance.
On Wednesday, Rao maintained they do not require a political agenda, but an alternative people’s agenda. The alternative people’s agenda can lead the country to the path of progress and development. “Any new experiment should be based on this philosophy,” he said in his address on the 21st foundation day of his Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
“Some other parties also raised the issue of pulling down the BJP from power. I told them we are not ready to accept this… The focus is not on bringing down [Narendra] Modi and making some Tom, Dick, and Harry the next Prime Minister,” said KCR.
He focused on the point that country needs an alternative agenda. He said, “The country definitely needs an alternative agenda that can show the country a new direction and right path. We should find ways to make it a reality. If the new proposal, new agenda, and a new philosophy emerge on this platform from Hyderabad and spreads to the entire country, it will be a matter of pride for us.”
He also pointed out that the country needs new agricultural, economic, and industrial policies. “For that, we need the right forum. We should grow beyond petty and narrow politics. We need a progressive path for the country and only then, we can visualise a strong nation.”
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