Telangana Rashtra Samiti president, K. Chandrasekhara Rao, has stated that his party will support only a non-BJP government at the centre after the general elections.
Launching his election campaign in Karimnagar last evening, the TRS chief said his party is a secular one and will never join hands with the BJP and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) under its leadership. He reiterated that his party will fulfill 12 per cent reservations for the minorities.
Polling will be held on 30th of this month for 17 Lok Sabha and 119 assembly seats in the Telangana region.
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