Home States Andhra Pradesh

Botcha hints at Congress-YSRC pact

PCC chief Botcha Satyanarayana said, “There is no need for the Congress to forge alliance with any political party. However, if any party comes forward for a tie-up with us by accepting our principles and respecting our party chief Sonia Gandhi, we are ready to join hands with that party.”

Published: 02nd February 2013 08:02 AM  |   Last Updated: 02nd February 2013 11:40 AM   |  A+A A-

Botcha

After AICC emissary Vayalar Ravi, it is now the turn of PCC chief Botcha Satyanarayana not to rule out the possibility of an electoral understanding between Congress and YSRC in the 2014 polls.

Dropping enough hints of it, Botcha said, “There is no need for the Congress to forge alliance with any political party. However, if any party comes forward for a tie-up with us by accepting our principles and respecting our party chief Sonia Gandhi, we are ready to join hands with that party.”

A YSR Congress leader, who did not want to be named, said Jagan Mohan Reddy will have an alliance with the UPA after the elections and not before.

“I am sure it will be a post-poll alliance,” he said.

However, Botcha, addressing the media at Gandhi Bhavan here on Friday on the eve of his party’s victory in the first phase of cooperative elections, did not rule of truck with YSRC

Now we are on Telegram too. Follow us for updates

Comments

Disclaimer : We respect your thoughts and views! But we need to be judicious while moderating your comments. All the comments will be moderated by the newindianexpress.com editorial. Abstain from posting comments that are obscene, defamatory or inflammatory, and do not indulge in personal attacks. Try to avoid outside hyperlinks inside the comment. Help us delete comments that do not follow these guidelines.

The views expressed in comments published on newindianexpress.com are those of the comment writers alone. They do not represent the views or opinions of newindianexpress.com or its staff, nor do they represent the views or opinions of The New Indian Express Group, or any entity of, or affiliated with, The New Indian Express Group. newindianexpress.com reserves the right to take any or all comments down at any time.

flipboard facebook twitter whatsapp