Federal front push of TRS is against NDA: Veerappa Moily

Team Udayavani, May 8, 2019, 2:57 PM IST

Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said there was nothing wrong in TRS President and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s efforts to forge a federal front of regional parties, and saw the move as being against the BJP-led NDA.

He also claimed that the Congress would get around 200 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, emerging as the leading party among the opposition.

“Make state-by-state (poll) analysis and you will definitely come to conclusion that the NDA government will fall”, the former Union Minister said, adding a conglomeration of opposition parties would form the government.

On some parties speculating about the possibility of a United Front-type of Government of 1996-1998 with outside support from the Congress, Moily said, “There is no such thing now. It’s too early and premature to say that”.

“Among all members of the opposition, the Congress figure (tally of seats) would be the highest”, the former Karnataka chief minister said.

“Common enemy is (Narendra) Modi and NDA. That is why, they (regional parties) can’t join NDA; there shall be a combination of opposition parties who will definitely form the coalition (government),” Moily said.

The TRS had been pitching the idea of a non-Congress, non-BJP federal front of regional parties for several months now.