TRS predicts early LS polls, calls party cadres to get ready
"My reading of the political situation is that we are heading for elections before February 15. The Parliament may be dissolved any moment from now," Rao said while addressing a party meeting here.
Rao, whose party is in the forefront of efforts to forge alliance with other opposition parties, said his aim was to prevent a split in anti-Congress votes.
Accusing Congress of "betraying" Telangana people by back-tracking on its poll promise of granting statehood for Telangana, the MP from karimnagar said, "We need to teach a fitting lesson to Congress in the coming elections."
The TRS, which is fighting for Telangana statehood cause, had contested the 2004 elections in
alliance with Congress and was part of the UPA at the Centre and Congress government in the state.
However, the sub-regional party subsequently pulled out of the Congress-led alliance in protest against the Centre's failure to carve out separate state.
The TRS, which suffered reverses in the recent by-elections in the state, is in talks with the main opposition TDP and Left parties for a possible alliance ahead of the next year's elections.
Meanwhile, Rao will embark on a "Bus Yatra" from October 15 from the backward Adilabad district. During the first phase, he will cover Adilabad, Warangal and Karimnagar districts, addressing several road-side meetings, party sources said.
However, the sub-regional party subsequently pulled out of the Congress-led alliance in protest against the Centre's failure to carve out separate state.
The TRS, which suffered reverses in the recent by-elections in the state, is in talks with the main opposition TDP and Left parties for a possible alliance ahead of the next year's elections.
Meanwhile, Rao will embark on a "Bus Yatra" from October 15 from the backward Adilabad district. During the first phase, he will cover Adilabad, Warangal and Karimnagar districts, addressing several road-side meetings, party sources said.