Hyderabad, March 5 -- The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Tuesday, March 5 announced an alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

The announcement was made after a meeting between the state BSP chief RS Praveen Kumar and BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) at the latter's residence at Nandi Nagar.

Addressing the media, BRS chief KCR said that the pink party is forging a "respectful" alliance with the BSP and more details on the subject will be announced soon.

"The BRS and the BSP are ideologically similar parties. We (BRS) have implemented several schemes like the Dalit Bandhu and other schemes for the welfare of the marginalised sections," he remarked.

Explaining the BSP's decision, Praveen Kumar said ...