'Don't subscribe to view that BJP or Congress should be nucleus of any front'

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which skipped the meeting of opposition parties held in Patna on Friday, has made it clear that it doesn't subscribe to the view that the BJP or the Congress should be the nucleus of any front or coalition.

BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao hinted that BRS will maintain equidistance from both the Congress and the BJP and it maintains that people and not parties should unite.

"We believe in uniting people on issues and not in uniting parties," he told media persons in New Delhi. Interestingly, he was in the national capital to meet Union Ministers on a day when leaders of 15 opposition parties, including the Congress, met in Patna and decided to work together.

KTR, as the leader is popularly known, stated that any effort will be successful only when people unite and not parties. "Even if 20 parties unite and there is no outcome, which is people-centric, there is no point in it. It can't hinge on your blind hatred for one party or another," he said.