Hyderabad, November 28: Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu would address two joint election rallies in Telangana.
It is for the first time that the two who are a part of the grand alliance would address a rally jointly.
The first rally is in Khamam and the second in Hyderabad.
However, political observers feel that this could harm the Congress more than it would help as Naidu’s TDP was against the formation of Telangana state in 2014.
In a dramatic shift of TDP’s stand towards Congress, Naidu met Rahul Gandhi this month and they agreed to bury the past and work together to unite opposition parties.
The Congress is leading the ‘grand alliance’ in Telangana, which includes the TDP, Communist Party of India (CPI) and Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS).
TDP’s Telangana unit chief L Ramna and leaders of CPI and TJS shared dais with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at a public meeting at Medchal near Hyderabad on Friday.
For the Khammam public meeting, the Congress has also invited CPI General Secretary S. Sudhakar Reddy and TJS leader M Kodandaram.
Elections for 119-member Assembly are scheduled on December 7. The Congress has fielded candidates in 94 constituencies leaving the rest for its allies. TDP is contesting 13 seats.
