The BJP chief Amit Shah penned an open letter to the Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and described his decision…
BJP president Amit Shah
The BJP chief Amit Shah penned an open letter to the Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and described his decision of ending his party’s alliance with NDA as “unfortunate and unilateral”.
In the open letter, Shah said, “This decision is both unfortunate and unilateral. It (decision) will be construed as being guided wholly and solely by political considerations instead of developmental concerns.”
“This is in direct contrast to the Congress Party, which not only mismanaged the bifurcation but also showed zero sensitivity towards the Telugu people…”
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BJP National President Shri @AmitShah writes an open letter to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. https://t.co/vrZK6ciKvy https://t.co/ne9YMy0Df6
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“You may recall that during the previous Lok Sabha and in the Rajya Sabha, when your party did not have adequate representation, it was the BJP that set the agenda and ensured that justice is done to the hardworking Telugu people in both the states,” Shah added in the letter.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) pulled out of BJP-led National Democratic Alliance on 16 March over its demand of special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
A day after the TDP had exited the NDA, Andhra Pradesh BJP legislators held a crucial meeting with Amit Shah to chalk out the party’s strategy in the state with just a little over a year to go for assembly polls.
The delegation of legislators was led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao, who hails from Andhra Pradesh.
Incidentally, barely hours after TDP quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Rao had termed it a “time opportunity” for the saffron party to make inroads into Andhra Pradesh.
On March 8, the TDP had pulled its two ministers — Ashok Gajapathi Raju and YS Chowdary — out of the Narendra Modi government but had stopped short of walking out of the alliance.
The TDP is the first party to leave the coalition since it came to power at the Centre in 2014.
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