TRS not game for Sonia event

The Telugu Desam (TD) and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) did not get any invitation till Saturday for the much-hyped dinner to be hosted by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Sonia Gandhi has decided to host dinner to all Opposition parties on March 13 in Delhi. In fact, TD and TRS leaders were not expecting an invitation from the Congress to the dinner. The TD in Andhra Pradesh and TRS in Telangana are arch rivals of the Congress.

Both have decided not to attend the dinner even if they receive an invitation.

TRS chief and Telangana state Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is busy with the formation of the Third Front as alternative to the BJP and the Congress at the National-level.

“I don’t think the Congress will extend an invitation to the TRS. We are also not expecting an invitation from the Congress,” TRS MP A.P. Jitendar Reddy said. Speaking to Deccan

Chronicle, he said that if at all Congress invites them for the dinner, they will not attend. Meanwhile, TD MP C.M. Ramesh said that they did not receive any invitation from the Congress for the dinner.

Both the Telugu parties are yet to get an invite for the dinner.

However, TD and TRS have decided not to attend the event even if they receive an invitation.

Telugu Desam (TD) and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) did not get any invitation till Saturday for the much hyped dinner to be hosted by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Another TD MP J.C. Diwakar Reddy said the same and added that if the Congress invites, also they will not attend the dinner.

Against the backdrop of the Third Front proposal from Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Sonia Gandhi’s dinner is creating interest in political circles.

A senior TRS leader said that if any party attends Sonia Gandhi’s dinner, it does not mean that the party will sail with the Congress.

He said that the dinners are different and politics is different.