Hyderabad: APCC president K.Keshava Rao has begun ironing out his party's differences with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leadership. He had two meetings with TRS president K.Chandrasekhara Rao in the past one week and also met the dissident TRS leaders on Wednesday morning.

Although Dr.Keshava Rao described what transpired among them as "purely political talk," it is learnt that he is trying to bridge the gap between the two estranged allies to prevent any damage to the ruling party in the upcoming panchayat elections.

Misunderstanding in past

In the backdrop of serious misunderstandings that had arisen in the recent past, Dr. Rao's efforts assume significance as he is said to be using the "Telangana speak" with the TRS president.

The TRS leadership too has become "more calculative" in pursuing its Telangana goal after the resignation of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi from her posts in the wake of the controversy over the office of profit issue.

Though Mr.Chandrasekhara Rao's colleague and senior TRS leader A. Narendra is in favour of tilting towards the BJP to succeed in their cause, the former is reportedly more inclined towards retaining the ties with the Congress, as he firmly believes that only Ms. Gandhi can deliver Telangana. Dr. Keshava Rao reportedly reiterated the Congress stand and advised the TRS president not to precipitate matters by hasty decisions.

`No interference'

The meeting with the `dissident' TRS leaders led by Mandadi Satyanarayana Reddy on Wednesday morning was also just "political talk" and in the interest of both the parties, he said. Talking to the media after releasing CDs of a movie "The National Flag" made by Lok Aawaz, he said the APCC would not interfere in the seat adjustment talks between the local units of the TRS and the Congress in the panchayat elections.

He refused to term Mr.Mandadi Satyanarayana Reddy and others who developed differences with the TRS leadership as dissidents and said dissent was a healthy sign in a democracy. S.Santosh Reddy, G.Mukunda Reddy, Sara Rani, Jayaprakash Reddy and Dugyala Srinivas were the other TRS legislators who met him on Wednesday.

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