Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao today started his national spree for united opposition by meeting the Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik.

He asserted that the dialogue is necessary if a change has to be brought and said, "We’re doing our part but nothing concrete has emerged. We’ve just begun the dialogue; we will meet again to discuss how to take things forward." 

He further said that there's a dire need for the unification of regional parties as there’s a strong need for an alternative to Congress and BJP. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik after meeting with Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao said, "We discussed several things including friendship of like-minded parties. We’ve not thought that (Parliament elections) far. He came to Odisha to offer thanks to Lord Jagannath for his tremendous victory."

Rao is on a four-day tour to meet various leaders to garner support for his proposed non-BJP and non-Congress front ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. His party, the TRS, has hired a special aircraft for a period of one month for Rao's trips to various places.

From Bhubaneswar, the Telangana CM will proceed to Kolkata, where he will call on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Monday, the release had said.

(With inputs from agencies)