DS meets KCR, avoids media

Amid speculations of him joining the pink brigade, former PCC President Dharampuri Srinivas called on Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao here no Wednesday.

Accompanied with his son Sanjay, Srinivas met the Chief Minister and held discussion for about an hour. He completely avoided the media and on reporters' insistence he assured that he would to them on Thursday. According to sources, KCR assureD Srinivas that he would given a Rajya Sabha ticket or MLC seat. He is likely to join the TRS formally at a public meeting to be held in Nizamabad on July 6.

Meanwhile, TPCC President N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Working President Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Rajya Sabha MP V Hanumantha Rao and MLA DK Aruna tried to vain to meet DS at his residence. Speaking to media persons, Uttam Kumar Reddy maintained that no leader was leaving the Congress party to join TRS. He also feigned ignorance about meeting of TRS MP Vinod Kumar with Leader of Opposition K Jana Reddy.

Uttam Kumar claimed that the Congress was fast gaining its lost ground in Telangana and it was the only alternate to TRS in the State.