Will Sharmila discuss merger plans with Sonia Gandhi?

Will YS Sharmila meet Congress top leader Sonia Gandhi during the meeting of the Opposition parties in Bengaluru? Will she work out the modalities of her joining the Congress party and merging her YSRTP with the party? Highly placed sources say that Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief DK Siva Kumara is mediating between Sonia Gandhi and Sharmila on this issue.

Of late, Sharmila has been dropping enough hints that she is all set to merge her party with the Congress Party. She had met DK Siva kumara several times and had even responded to the tweets of Rahul Gandhi. Though she parried questions about merger, she has been in touch with several Congress leaders.

However, Telangana Congress leaders appear to be quite uninterested in admitting her into the party ahead of elections. They feel that her joining the T Congress could be counter-productive and are apprehensive that the BRS would use this to project the Congress as anti-Telangana.

Faced by this stone-walling, YS Sharmila is reportedly planning to meet Sonia Gandhi, who will be camping in Bengaluru for the two-day conclave of the opposition parties. Sources say that DK Siva Kumara is working to get her an appointment of Sonia Gandhi. Pending her merger plans, she has almost put her party activities on hold.