‘Defeating BJP is prime target’

After the meeting, Congress president Rahul Gandhi told the media that the focal point is defeating the BJP.

“We have agreed that the principle idea here is to defeat the BJP and to defend democracy and the institutions of this country”, Rahul said standing side by side with the Chief Minister Naidu.

“All other ideas will be discussed later”, he said, deflecting a question of who would be the face of proposed opposition alliance in the next elections.

When asked about the bitter and confrontational relations between the Congress and the TDP in the past, Rahul said, “We have a past. We have both agreed that we are not going to talk about our past and talk about our future”.