Presidential election: TRS to stay off Mamata meet
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad, New Delhi: The TRS on Tuesday decided to skip the meeting of non-BJP parties convened by Trinamul Congress president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Delhi on Wednesday to discuss fielding a joint Opposition candidate for the Presidential election. TRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao took the decision after a five-hour meeting with senior party leaders at Pragathi Bhavan. In Delhi, Banerjee landed in the national capital on Tuesday and the Congress, amongst other parties, including the CPI and the CPI, confirmed they would be attending the meeting. After the meeting, CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury said, “I have been told that Pawar will not be the opposition face for the presidential poll, some other names are under consideration.” After landing in Delhi, Banerjee also met the NCP chief.