Ahead of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi's (BRS) inaugural meeting at Khammam, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday had a breakfast meeting with chief ministers of three states and leaders of various political parties. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, CPI national General secretary A Raja and other leaders attended the breakfast meeting at the chief minister's official residence.
The leaders had reached Hyderabad on Tuesday night to attend the BRS public meeting.
Chief Minister KCR welcomed the guests when they reached his official residence and presented them with bouquets and shawls.
The BRS chief is understood to have discussed national politics with his counterparts from three states and other leaders.
Chief Minister KCR, along with other leaders, later left for Yadgirigutta to offer special puja at Yadagiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple.
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Telangana ministers Vemula Prashanth Reddy, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, MP Joginapally Santosh Kumar and MLC Kavitha also accompanied them.
The BRS was formally launched last month by Chandrasekhar Rao with the slogan of "Ab ki baar kisan sarkar".
KCR, who has already promised that if voted to power at the Centre, the BRS would supply free electricity to farmers across the country, is expected to promise more measures at the Khammam meeting to woo the farming community.
The BRS was formally launched by KCR last month to expand beyond Telangana. The party announced its entry into Andhra Pradesh on January 2 with former minister Ravela Kishore Babu, former IAS officer Thota Chandrasekhar and former IRS officer Chintala Partha Sarathi joining the party. KCR appointed Chandrasekhar as the BRS state President for Andhra Pradesh.
After landing at Yadagirigutta, all the leaders drove to the Presidential Suite at the renovated temple. They later visited the temple where priests accorded them a traditional welcome.
(With IANS input)