AP Special Status: TDP Bids Adieu To NDA Officially
The expected has finally happened. The president of Telugu Desam Party and AP Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has pulled out of the NDA on Friday over the issue of special status for AP. The party said that they gave a separate no-confidence notice against the Center in Lok Sabha.
TDP has confirmed its decision to quit NDA unanimously in an official statement. The AP CAM has alleged that PM Modi and BJP are “trying to weaken regional parties”.
TDP MP Thota Narasimham has submitted a no-confidence motion to Lok Sabha general secretary Snehlata Srivastava against the BJP-led NDA on Friday.
“TDP’s decision to quit was inevitable after “its mischievous propaganda” against Center. People of AP have now realized that the TDP is resorting to lies to cover up its inept & inert governance. Far from being a threat, TDP’s exit is a timely opportunity for the BJP to grow in AP,” BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao tweeted.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Benerjee welcomed the decision of TDP to cut alliance with NDA and said, “current situation warrants such action to save the country from disaster” in her tweet and asked the opposition parties to work against “atrocities, economic calamity and political instability”.
Telugu Desam Party has decided to officially exit the National Democratic Alliance due to failure in fulfilling the promises made in the State Reorganisation Act.
This decision was taken unanimously, in a teleconference with Politburo members, today.— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) March 16, 2018
The ruling party of AP has decided to support YSR Congress Party’s motion against the NDA government in the Parliament. But they decided to give a separate no-confidence motion later.
The YSR Congress Party is set to move a no-confidence motion against the NDA government on Friday.
TDP had joined with BJP-led NDA for 2014 Lok Sabha elections. When Naidu severed ties with the BJP after its loss at the hands of Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy-led Congress in 2004, the TDP President had even called BJP a communal party which had drowned him with it.