TRS may contest Assembly polls in Maharashtra’s Nanded

Hyderabad: Telangana’s ruling TRS is likely to expand to Maharashtra and contest ensuing Assembly elections in that state in the areas bordering Telangana.
People including elected representatives from various villages in Nanded district are demanding their state government to either implement the welfare schemes of Telangana or allow their villages to be merged with the Telugu state.
Affiliated to several political parties, they also decided to contest the forthcoming Assembly elections with this demand. They called on Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao here and sought his support for their agitation.
They said they are ready to contest the polls on the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) tickets.
Those who met the TRS chief include leaders from Nalgaon, Bhokar, Degloor, Kinwat and Hathgaon Assembly segments in Nanded district bordering Telangana. The delegation was led by sarpanch of Babli, Babu Rao Ganapath Rao Kadam, who is leading the movement for merging the villages with Telangana, according to Chief Minister’s Office.
The Chief Minister said besides people from five Assembly segments from Nanded district, people from Bhiwandi, Sholapur, and Rajara are also seeking TRS tickets. He said a decision would be taken on this shortly.