TRS president KCR will Start campaign for the Lok Sabha polls with a public meeting at Karimnagar Today.
Karimnagar has been a stronghold of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) since the party’s formation in 2001. KCR had represented Karimnagar in the Lok Sabha earlier.
The star campaigner for TRS, will address election rallies at various places in the state beginning from Karimnagar, party sources said.
TRS working president KT Rama Rao has already addressed a series of party meetings in preparation for the Lok Sabha polls.
Claiming that neither the NDA nor the UPA was in a position to come to power on its own, Rama Rao has sought 16 Lok Sabha seats out of total 17 seats (leaving Hyderabad represented by ally AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi) for the TRS to ensure a better deal for Telangana.
Telangana goes to polls in a single phase on April 11. The process of filing nominations begins on March 18.
TRS sources had earlier said the party candidates for the Lok Sabha elections are expected to be announced as the date for filing nominations draws closer.