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Pawar KCR meet sparks speculation
Former Union Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar called on Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao at his camp office here on Tuesday. After a warm welcome, Chandrashekar Rao offered a shawl to Pawar on the occasion.
It is learnt that the NCP chief is on a mission to garner support for him in the Presidential elections
Hyderabad: Former Union Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar called on Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao at his camp office here on Tuesday. After a warm welcome, Chandrashekar Rao offered a shawl to Pawar on the occasion.
The two top leaders closeted for about an hour and said to have discussed national politics, national security, current political scenario in two Telugu States among others. Though what transpired between them in the meeting is not clear, it is surmised that Pawar might have sought Chandrashekar Rao’s support for Presidential poll.
Sharad Pawar is reportedly planning to contest for the highest office of the country and is on a mission to garner support from States that are close to him. Besides extending his support to Pawar for the President’s post if he will be in the race, Chandrashekar Rao is understood to have promised to play an active role at national level to garner support from other political parties.
Having offered support to statehood for Telangana at the national level during UPA-led Congress regime that fructified, Pawar is now seeking Chandrashekar Rao’s support for the purpose, it is said. It is pertinent to note that Sharad Pawar also attended Ayutha Maha Chandi Yagam at Chandrashekar Rao’s Erravelli farmhouse recently.
Pawar, who had an unfulfilled dream of becoming the Prime Minister is now vouching for the President post, it is learnt. Former Union Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who came to politics at the behest of Sharad Pawar, said that the latter was suitable leader to become the Prime Minister.
It is likely that the former Maharashtra Chief Minister, who enjoys a strong clout at national level politics, may call on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and seek his support too. Sharad Pawar is to get support from many political friends of national importance who are at the helm of affairs like Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and JD-U leader Sharad Yadav and others.
